Le Cap. Named in the Summary as the place of the foreigners’ declaration for Acaau, which the text places at Les Cayes.

Since the revolution of 3 May, general Acaau felt his aspirations to the absolute command of the Department of the South sorely thwarted. General Guerrier was indeed his ideal in what concerned the interests of Black supremacy, but he had the hope of being the head of a departmental government under the protectorate of the President of the Republic. He suggested his ideas to most of his lieutenants, who, far from welcoming them, seeing his star grow pale, were preparing to range themselves under the authority of the new government, which was favorably received on every side. Already Acaau for his part foresaw that he would have to justify himself against the accusations being spread about him concerning excesses of various kinds, to which the principal chiefs under his orders had given themselves up, it is true, much more than he. He had therefore procured in his favor a declaration from the foreigners established at Les Cayes, bearing the date of 3 May, in order to have it attested that he had respected property immediately after his success. This declaration, which follows, was a document of justification for the future.