1816 (The Rejection of the Status of the Brute): In a final appeal to the national character, the Haytian Papers asked if any citizen would ever renounce the…

1816 (The Rejection of the Status of the Brute): In a final appeal to the national character, the Haytian Papers asked if any citizen would ever renounce their “birthright as a man” to return to the “condition of the brute” under a colonial yoke. The text expressed horror at the idea of returning to slavery, stating that such a thought made the “breast to heave with indignation.” The Haytians were warned that while their tyrants were currently quiet due to their own calamities, they would undoubtedly attempt to use “perfidious means” to deceive the nation again during any period of peace. The people were urged to remain vigilant and to never fall into the “snares” spread by those who had previously betrayed their good faith.