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- this is great
- AHHHHHthis is for france
- Though born into slavery in Saint Domingue, Toussaint learned of Africa from his father, who had been born a free man there. He learned that he was more than a slave, that he was a human being deserving of dignity.
- im glad that Haiti will be free
- im glad that i no longer have Haiti to worry about
- why this breaks the treaty
- Toussaint learned to read and write and read every book he could get his hands on
- your under arrest and going to France
- man this sucks
- There was jubilation among the blacks in Haiti, and Toussaint agreed to help the French army eject the British and Spanish. Toussaint proved to be a brilliant general, winning 7 battles in 7 days. He became a de facto governor of the colony.
- IM SO HUNGRY
- I dont want to die here
- By 1803 Napoleon was ready to get Haiti off his back: he and Toussaint agreed to terms of peace.
- When he arrived, the French (at Napoleon's orders) betrayed the safe conduct and arrested him, putting him on a ship headed for France.
- Napoleon ordered that Toussaint be placed in a prison dungeon in the mountains, and murdered by means of cold, starvation, and neglect. Toussaint died in prison, but others carried on the fight for freedom.
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