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1844-May-04

1844-May-04: The insurgent leader Acaau wrote to Commodore Sharpe to explain that the southern rising was a defense of the rights of the black majorit

1844-May-04: The insurgent leader Acaau wrote to Commodore Sharpe to explain that the southern rising was a defense of the rights of the black majority. He maintained that the rebellion was a necessary response to the “legalized assassination” of the peasantry.

Source  ·  p. 276 Nicholls, From Dessalines to Duvalier, 276