| William Chambers, Robert Chambers - 1845 - 846 pages
...Toussaint's army should be allowed to retain their respective ranks. "I swear," added Leclerc, "before the Supreme Being, to respect the liberty of the people of St Domingo." Thus the war appeared to have reached a happy close ; the whites and blacks mingled with each other... | |
| John Relly Beard - 1853 - 374 pages
...delegate from France, and to employ Touasaint's officers according to their rank. " I swear," he said, " before the face of the Supreme Being, to respect the liberty of the people of Saint Domingo." Toussaint L'Ouverture replied, " I accept everything which is favourable for the people... | |
| James Theodore Holly - 1857 - 62 pages
...Toussaint, in presence of the French and Black Generals, uplifting his hand and jewelled sword to heaven : "I swear before the face of the Supreme Being, to respect the liberty of the people of St. Domingo." Toussaint believed in the sincerity of this solemn oath of the white man. He threw down his arms, and... | |
| John Hampden Gurney - 1858 - 482 pages
...basely broken, without which Toussaint would have warred to the death. " I swear," said Leclerc, " before the face of the Supreme Being, to respect the liberty of the people of St. Domingo." Toussaint's reply was very brief, and very noble;—" I accept everything which is favourable for the... | |
| Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1872 - 280 pages
...Toussaint's army should be allowed to retain their respective ranks. ' I swear,' added Leclerc, ' before the Supreme Being, to respect the liberty of the people of St Domingo.' Thus the war appeared to have reached a happy close ; the whites and blacks mingled with each other... | |
| Charles W. Mossell - 1896 - 538 pages
...witness the inviolability and righteousness of his promises : " I swear," added he, " in the presence of the Supreme Being, to respect the liberty of the people of Saint Domingo." Toussaint L'Ouverture replied that he accepted everything that was favorable to the... | |
| Howard Brotz - 2011 - 641 pages
...Toussaint, in presence of the French and Black Generals, uplifting his hand and jewelled sword to heaven: "I swear before the face of the Supreme Being, to respect the liberty of the people of St. Domingo." Toussaint believed in the sincerity of this solemn oath of the white man. He thtew down his arms, and... | |
| Philip Sheldon Foner, Robert J. Branham - 1998 - 952 pages
...Toussaint, in presence of the French and black generals, uplifting his hand and jeweled sword to heaven, "I swear before the face of the Supreme Being to respect the liberty of the people of Santo Domingo," Toussaint believed in the sincerity of this solemn oath of the white man. He threw... | |
| Richard Newman, Patrick Rael, Phillip Lapsansky - 2001 - 340 pages
...Tbussaint, in presence of the French and Black Generals, uplifting his hand and jeweled sword to heaven: " I swear before the face of the Supreme Being, to respect the liberty of the people of St. Domingo," Toussaint believed in the sincerity of this solemn oath of the white man. He threw down his arms, and... | |
| |