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I have received, Citizen General, your letter with the list of the troubling subjects with which you contend. Show no mercy with anyone that you suspect.... One must be unflinching and inspire great terror; it is the only thing that will suppress the blacks.

[[Antoine Richepanse|General [Antoine] Richepanse]] has very unwisely reestablished [[slavery]] in Guadaloupe. Here and there one sees signs of unrest. A division of boats is addressing the insurrection. Most of the troops of General [Jean-Baptiste] Brunet [who was responsible for [[Toussaint Louverture|Toussaint Louverture's]] arrest] are ill. I have ordered [[Jean-Jacques Dessalines|Jacques Dessalines]] [who was in a temporary alliance with the French against insurgents] to use the most violent means to frighten the rebels....

Reinforcements have now arrived.... But illness is ravaging the battalion so badly that I am obliged to send almost all back to France....

This insurrection is in its last crisis. By the first month of the [[French Republican Calendar|revolutionary calendar]] [September], with a month of campaigning, all will be over....

Frequently inform me about your position. I need to be informed as often as possible. Use examples of severity to inspire terror.

[[Leclerc]]
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==References==
* Mintz, Steven (2003). Charles Victor Emmanuel LeClerc letter. Digital History. University of Houston. [Retrieved on June 23, 2006] [http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/documents/documents_p2.cfm?doc=330]

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