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.
Haitian Revolution leader
From a letter to General Laveaux, asserting the right of self-determination for the liberated slaves.
c. 1796
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"I was born a slave, but I have the right to be free."
Strange & Unusual"In overthrowing me, you have cut down in Saint Domingue only the trunk of the tree of liberty. It will spring up again by the roots for they are numerous and deep."
Strange & Unusual"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…"
Shocking"Is it not like cutting off a man's legs and telling him to walk? Is it not like cutting out a man's tongue and telling him to talk? Is it not burying a man alive?"
Humorous"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…"
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