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− | The French [[General Leclerc]], send to [[Saint-Domingue]] to re-establish slavery and to defeat [[Toussaint Louverture]], addressed the people of the colony in this proclamation from his headquarters in the North of Saint-Domingue. He does not mention the true ambitions of his campaign against the Revolutionary forces. | + | The French [[General Leclerc]], send to [[Saint-Domingue]] on the orders of his brother in-law [[Napoléon Bonaparte]] to re-establish slavery and to defeat [[Toussaint Louverture]], addressed the people of the colony in this proclamation from his headquarters in the North of Saint-Domingue. He does not mention the true ambitions of his campaign against the Revolutionary forces. |
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Head Quarters of [[Le Cap|the Cape]], le 28 [[Pluviose]], an 10. (17th February, [[1802]].) | Head Quarters of [[Le Cap|the Cape]], le 28 [[Pluviose]], an 10. (17th February, [[1802]].) | ||
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:I have promised liberty to the inhabitants of [[Saint Domingo]]; I will see that they enjoy it. I will cause persons and property to be respected. | :I have promised liberty to the inhabitants of [[Saint Domingo]]; I will see that they enjoy it. I will cause persons and property to be respected. | ||
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+ | '''Article 1.''' - [[General Toussaint]] and [[General Christophe]] are outlawed; every good citizen is commanded to seize them, and to treat them as rebels to the French Republic.<br> | ||
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'''Article 2.''' - From the day when the French army shall have taken up quarters, every officer, whether civil or military, who shall obey other orders than those of the Generals of the army of the French Republic, which I command, shall be treated as a rebel.<br> | '''Article 2.''' - From the day when the French army shall have taken up quarters, every officer, whether civil or military, who shall obey other orders than those of the Generals of the army of the French Republic, which I command, shall be treated as a rebel.<br> | ||
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'''Article 3.''' - The agricultural labourers who have been led into error, and who, deceived by the perfidious insinuations of the rebel Generals, may have taken up arms, shall be treated as wandering children, and shall be sent back to tillage, provided they have not endeavoured to incite insurrection.<br> | '''Article 3.''' - The agricultural labourers who have been led into error, and who, deceived by the perfidious insinuations of the rebel Generals, may have taken up arms, shall be treated as wandering children, and shall be sent back to tillage, provided they have not endeavoured to incite insurrection.<br> | ||
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'''Article 4.''' - The soldiers of the demi-brigades who shall abandon the army of Toussaint, shall form part of the French army.<br> | '''Article 4.''' - The soldiers of the demi-brigades who shall abandon the army of Toussaint, shall form part of the French army.<br> | ||
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'''Article 5.''' - [[General Augustin Clervaux]], who commands the department of the Cibao, having acknowledged the French government, and the authority of the Captain-General, is maintained in his rank and in his command.<br> | '''Article 5.''' - [[General Augustin Clervaux]], who commands the department of the Cibao, having acknowledged the French government, and the authority of the Captain-General, is maintained in his rank and in his command.<br> | ||
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'''Article 6.''' - The General-in-chief of the Staff will cause this proclamation to be printed and published.<br> | '''Article 6.''' - The General-in-chief of the Staff will cause this proclamation to be printed and published.<br> | ||
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==Reference== | ==Reference== |
Revision as of 07:17, 14 December 2005
The French General Leclerc, send to Saint-Domingue on the orders of his brother in-law Napoléon Bonaparte to re-establish slavery and to defeat Toussaint Louverture, addressed the people of the colony in this proclamation from his headquarters in the North of Saint-Domingue. He does not mention the true ambitions of his campaign against the Revolutionary forces.
Head Quarters of the Cape, le 28 Pluviose, an 10. (17th February, 1802.)
Article 2. - From the day when the French army shall have taken up quarters, every officer, whether civil or military, who shall obey other orders than those of the Generals of the army of the French Republic, which I command, shall be treated as a rebel. Article 3. - The agricultural labourers who have been led into error, and who, deceived by the perfidious insinuations of the rebel Generals, may have taken up arms, shall be treated as wandering children, and shall be sent back to tillage, provided they have not endeavoured to incite insurrection. Article 4. - The soldiers of the demi-brigades who shall abandon the army of Toussaint, shall form part of the French army. Article 5. - General Augustin Clervaux, who commands the department of the Cibao, having acknowledged the French government, and the authority of the Captain-General, is maintained in his rank and in his command. Article 6. - The General-in-chief of the Staff will cause this proclamation to be printed and published.
[Signed) "LECLERC."] |
Reference
- J. R. (John Relly) Beard. (1853). The Life of Toussaint L'Ouverture, The Negro Patriot of Hayti: Comprising an Account of the Struggle for Liberty in the Island, and a Sketch of Its History to the Present Period. Chapel Hill, NC: Academic Affairs Library, UNC-CH. Online Publication. (p. 179-180)