1816 (The Moral Responsibility to Illustrious Patrons): The concluding reflections emphasize that the friends of humanity have asserted that Africans are as …

1816 (The Moral Responsibility to Illustrious Patrons): The concluding reflections emphasize that the friends of humanity have asserted that Africans are as “susceptible of improvement” as Whites, while traducers affirm the contrary. The text declares that it is up to the Haytian people to decide this question through the “wisdom of our conduct” and success in the arts and sciences. By doing so, they will secure the triumph of their “respected and illustrious patrons” and confound the “malice and unfounded assertions” of their implacable enemies. This highlights the perceived role of Hayti as a laboratory for proving Black intellectual and social capacity to a global audience.