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1796-02-23

Toussaint Louverture wrote to Laveaux the same day asking for Laplume, who had about 3,000 armed men with him, to be given a commission as colonel…

Haitian

Toussaint Louverture wrote to Laveaux the same day asking for Laplume, who had about 3,000 armed men with him, to be given a commission as colonel; Laveaux issued it and Bauvais had Laplume recognized in that rank.

Source  ·  p. 121, 122 Beaubrun Ardouin, Études sur l'histoire d'Haïti, suivies de la vie du général J.-M. Borgella (t. III) (1853), p. 121, 122