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" Toussaint believed in the sincerity of this solemn oath of the white man. He threw down his arms, and went to end the remainder of his days in the bosom of his family. This was, indeed, a sad mistake for him, to place so much confidence in the word of... "
St. Domingo, Its Revolution and Its Hero, Toussaint Louverture: An ... - Page 73
by Charles Wyllys Elliott - 1855 - 83 pages
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Chambers's Miscellany of Useful and Entertaining Tracts

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...
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The Life of Toussaint L'Ouverture, the Negro Patriot of Hayti: Comprising an ...

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...
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A Vindication of the Capacity of the Negro Race for Self-government, and ...

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...
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Chapters from French history. God's heroes and the world's heroes

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...
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Chambers's miscellany of instructive & entertaining tracts, Volume 19

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...
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Toussaint L'Ouverture, the Hero of Saint Domingo, Soldier, Statesman, Martyr ...

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...
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African-American Social and Political Thought: 1850-1920

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...
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Lift Every Voice: African American Oratory, 1787-1900

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...
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Pamphlets of Protest: An Anthology of Early African-American Protest ...

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...
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