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1816 (The Threat of the New French League): The northern royalist government of King Christophe warned of a new conspiracy against Haytian liberty involving M.

HT-HAPA-1816-000217

1816 (The Threat of the New French League): The northern royalist government of King Christophe warned of a new conspiracy against Haytian liberty involving M. Lainé and the Duke de Lewis, two “violent ex-colonists” holding high positions under Louis XVIII. These individuals were accused of following the same destructive path as the late Malouet by seeking a league with Pétion to undermine the nation’s independence. The Royal Gazette reported that two French vessels of war had sailed with commissioners to confer with the Southern leader. In response, the King enjoined the citizens of the West and South to watch Pétion closely and to “seize them as well as that traitor” if any further attempts were made to treat Haytians as “offending savages” or to entrap them back into slavery.

Source  ·  HT-HAPA-1816-000217  ·  p. 196–197 Sanders, Haytian Papers, 196–197 / Bates: HT-HAPA-1816-000217, 000218