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1816 (The Final Defiance of the Snares of Tyrants): As the Haytian Papers reach their conclusion, the book warns the citizens that their enemies may “metamor…

HT-HAPA-1816-000225

1816 (The Final Defiance of the Snares of Tyrants): As the Haytian Papers reach their conclusion, the book warns the citizens that their enemies may “metamorphose themselves in a thousand shapes” to lure them back into bondage. The King reminds the people that the first use the French made of the last peace was to attempt to deceive the Haytians in a “most perfidious manner.” He declares that no Haytian will ever again fall into the “snares” of those who view them as “the property of the brute.” The collected papers end with a call to remain “warriors and agriculturists” who defend their liberty with the sword while refining their society through the “wisdom of our laws.” This final synthesis of military strength and civil virtue serves as the definitive statement of the Christophean state.

Source  ·  HT-HAPA-1816-000225  ·  p. 204, 213 Sanders, Haytian Papers, 204, 213 / Bates: HT-HAPA-1816-000225, 000234