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1743–1803 France
François-Dominique Toussaint L'Ouverture (20 May 1743 – 7 April 1803) also known as Toussaint L'Ouverture or Toussaint Bréda, was the best-known leader of the Haitian Revolution.
France Politicians Republicans Also known as: Toussaint L'Ouverture, Toussaint L’Ouverture
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We are black, it is true, but tell us, gentle men, you who are so judicious, what is the law that says that the black man must belong to and be the property of the white man?
Letter to the General Assembly (1792)
For too long we have borne your chains without thinking of shaking them off, but any authority which is not founded on virtue and humanity, and which only tends to subject one's fellow man to slavery, must come to an end, and that end is yours.
Letter to the General Assembly (1792)
Idleness is the source of all disorders, and if it is at all tolerated, I shall hold the military commanders responsible, persuaded that those who tolerate idleness and vagabonds are secret enemies of the government.