"While Louverture can at times be a controversial figure, due to the fact that he enslaved others following his own freedom from bondage, he is nonetheless an important figure in Caribbean and Atlantic…"

"I was born a slave, but nature gave me the soul of a free man."

"I took up arms for the freedom of my color. It is our own - we will defend it or perish."

"My General, you are mistaken in thinking that you can secure the liberty of the blacks by giving them a master. It is for them to choose one."

"Brothers and friends, I am Toussaint Louverture; perhaps my name has made itself known to you. I have undertaken vengeance. I want Liberty and Equality to reign in St. Domingue. I am working to make t…"