1801, October 22 – November 29: (The Revolt and Execution of Moyse): Rumors that Toussaint intended to restore slavery triggered a fierce explosion of violen…

1801, October 22 – November 29: (The Revolt and Execution of Moyse): Rumors that Toussaint intended to restore slavery triggered a fierce explosion of violence in the North and Northwest on October 22, 1801, where cultivators slaughtered 300 whites before dawn. Toussaint suspected his “nephew” Moyse of fomenting the rising and had him arrested at Port-de-Paix by Maurepas. To quell the rebellion, Dessalines cut down approximately one-fourth of the cultivators in the disaffected districts. Toussaint then staged public executions at the Cap and Fort Liberté, using grapeshot to disembowel forty trussed rebels in front of a terrified crowd. On November 29, 1801, Moyse was executed by firing squad while Clervaux and Maurepas watched.