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1796-04-25

Toussaint Louverture issued his first proclamation, addressed to the Africans his brothers…

Haitian

Toussaint Louverture issued his first proclamation, addressed to the Africans his brothers, designating the men of color as enemies of general liberty and equality and declaring himself responsible as chief; Ardouin calls it a masterpiece of cunning that annulled Laveaux’s authority.

Source  ·  p. 159, 160, 162 Beaubrun Ardouin, Études sur l'histoire d'Haïti, suivies de la vie du général J.-M. Borgella (t. III) (1853), p. 159, 160, 162