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HEADQUARTERS OF THE CAPE, le 28 Pluviose, an 10.  
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(17th February, 1802.)
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* Adams, Henry, History of the United States of America During the Administrations of Jefferson and * Madison, (Midway Reprints Series, 1979)  (History)
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"INHABITANTS OF SAINT DOMINGO,
* Alexis, Stéphen, Black Liberator;: The life of Toussaint Louverture, 1949. (Biog.)
 
* Beard, John Relly, Toussaint L'Ouverture: A Biography and Autobiography, 1863. (Biog.)
 
* Bigelow, John, Retrospections Of An Active Life,  1909.  (Biog.)
 
* Cesaire, Aime, Toussaint Louverture, 2000.  (Biog.)
 
* Cole, Hubert, Christophe, King of Haiti, 1970.  (Biog.)
 
* Hunt, Alfred N, Haiti's Influence on Antebellum America: Slumbering Volcano in the Caribbean, 1988. History, A&H)
 
* Kennedy, Roger G., Orders From France, 1989.  (History)
 
* Korngold, Ralph, Citizen Toussaint, 1944.  (Biog.)
 
* Myers, Walter Dean, Toussaint L'ouverture: The Fight for Haiti's Freedom, Jacob Lawrence (Illustrator), 1996.  (Biog.)
 
* Parkinson, Wenda, This Gilded African, 1978.  (Biog.)
 
* Pluchon, Pierre, Toussaint Louverture, 1989.  (Biog.)
 
* Stein, Robert, Leger Felicite Sonthonax: The Lost Sentinel of the Republic, 1985.  (Biog.)
 
* Trouillot, Michel-Rolph, Silencing the Past, 1997. ISBN 0807043117
 
* Waxman, Percy, The Black Napoleon: The Story of Toussaint Louverture, 1931.  (Biog.)
 
  
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        "I have come hither, in the name of the French Government, to bring you peace and happiness; I feared I should encounter obstacles in the ambitious views of the chiefs of the colony; I was not in error.
    * Let Haiti Live: Unjust U.S. Policies Toward Its Oldest Neighbor, by Matt Cyr, Melinda Miles, Eugenia Charles, 2004. ISBN 1584321385
 
  
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        "Those chiefs who announced their devotion to France in their proclamations, had no intention of being Frenchmen; if they sometimes spoke of France, the reason is that they did not think themselves able to disown it openly. At present, their perfidious intentions are unmasked. General Toussaint sent me back his sons with a letter in which he assured me that he desired nothing so much as the happiness of the colony, and that he was ready to obey all the orders that I should give him.
History, Revolutionary
 
  
    * Avengers of the New World: The Story of the Haitian Revolution, by Laurent Dubois, 2004. ISBN 0674013042
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        "I ordered him to come to me; I gave him an assurance that I would employ him as my lieutenant-general: he replied to that order by mere words; he only seeks to gain time.
    * The Black Jacobins: Toussaint L'Ouverture and the San Domingo Revolution, by C.L.R. James, 1989. ISBN 0679724672
 
    * Blue Coat or Powdered Wig: Free People of Color in Pre-Revolutionary Saint Domingue, by Stewart R. King, 2001. ISBN 0820322334
 
    * Haitian Revolutionary Studies. by David Patrick Geggus, 2002. ISBN 0253341043
 
    * An Historical Account of the Black Empire of Hayti: Comprehending a View of the Principal Transactions in the Revolution of Saint-Domingo; with its Ancient and Modern State, by Marcus Rainsford, London, 1805
 
    * The Impact of the Haitian Revolution in the Atlantic World (The Carolina Lowcountry and the Atlantic World), by David P. Geggus, 2002. ISBN 1570034168
 
    * The Making of Haiti: The Saint Domingue Revolution from Below, by Carolyn E. Fick, 1990. ISBN 0870496670
 
    * Night of Fire: The Black Napoleon and the Battle of Haiti, by Martin Ros, 1994. ISBN 0962761370
 
  
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        "I have been commanded by the French Government to establish here prosperity and abundance promptly; if I allow myself to be amused by cunning and perfidious ciruumlocutions, the colony will be the theatre of a long civil war.
History, Haiti General
 
  
    * Black Democracy: The Story of Haiti, by H.P. Davis, 1928. ASIN: B0006D8KAI
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        "I commence my campaign, and I will teach that rebel what is the force of the French Government.
    * From Dessalines to Duvalier by David Nicholls (1996). ISBN 0-8135-2239-0
 
    * Haiti: A Slave Revolution: 200 Years After 1804, Pat Chin, Greg Dunkel, Sara Flounders, and Kim Ives, comp. and ed., 2004. ISBN 097475210X
 
    * The Haiti Files - Decoding the Crisis, edited by James Ridgeway, 1994, ISBN 0962125970
 
    * Haiti, History, and the Gods, by Joan Dayan, 1998. ISBN 0520213688
 
    * Secret history, written by a lady at Cape Francois to Colonel Burr, by Leonora Sansay, Mary Hassal, 1808 (reprinted 1971). ISBN 0836988329
 
    * Written In Blood, Robert Debs Heinl, Jr; Nancy Gordon Heinl; & Michael Heinl (Rev. & Exp), 1996. ISBN 0761802304
 
  
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        "From this moment, he must be regarded by all good Frenchmen residing in Saint Domingo only as an insensate monster.
History, Louisiana Purchase
 
  
    * The Great Acquisition: An Introduction to the Louisiana Purchase, by Peter J. Kastor, 2003. ISBN 1883844053
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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.
    * A Wilderness So Immense : The Louisiana Purchase and the Destiny of America, by Jon Kukla, 2004. ISBN 0375707611
 
  
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        "I ordain what follows:--
Novels, Haitian Revolution
 
  
    * The Black Napoleon: Toussaint L'Ouverture Liberator of Haiti, by James Jess Hannon, 2000. ISBN 1585006297
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        "Article 1.--General Toussaint and General Christophe are outlawed; every good citizen is commanded to seize
    * Black Triumvirate; a novel of Haiti, by Benjamin H Levin, 1972. ISBN 0806502681
 
    * All Souls Rising, by Madison Smartt Bell,
 
    * Master of the Crossroads, by Madison Smartt Bell, 2002 ISBN 0375420568
 
  
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them, and to treat them as rebels to the French Republic.
  
    * Cambridge, by Caryl Phillips, 2001. ISBN 0571204074
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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.
  
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        "Article 3.--The agricultural laborers 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 endeavored to incite insurrection.
Slavery and Revolution in the Caribbean
 
  
    * The Problem of Slavery in the Age of Revolution 1770-1823, by David Brion Davis, 1999. ISBN 0195126718
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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.
  
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        "Article 5.--General Augustin Clervaux, who commands the Department of the Ciboa, having acknowledged the French government, and the authority of the Captain-general, is maintained in his rank and in his command.
Travel
 
  
    * Haiti In Focus, by Charles Arthur, 2002. ISBN 1566563593</pre>
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        "Article 6.--The General-in-chief of the Staff will cause this proclamation to be printed and published.
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        "The Captain-General commanding the army of Saint Domingo.
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(Signed) "LECLERC."

Revision as of 20:50, 24 November 2005

HEADQUARTERS OF THE CAPE, le 28 Pluviose, an 10. (17th February, 1802.)

"INHABITANTS OF SAINT DOMINGO,

       "I have come hither, in the name of the French Government, to bring you peace and happiness; I feared I should encounter obstacles in the ambitious views of the chiefs of the colony; I was not in error.
       "Those chiefs who announced their devotion to France in their proclamations, had no intention of being Frenchmen; if they sometimes spoke of France, the reason is that they did not think themselves able to disown it openly. At present, their perfidious intentions are unmasked. General Toussaint sent me back his sons with a letter in which he assured me that he desired nothing so much as the happiness of the colony, and that he was ready to obey all the orders that I should give him.
       "I ordered him to come to me; I gave him an assurance that I would employ him as my lieutenant-general: he replied to that order by mere words; he only seeks to gain time.
       "I have been commanded by the French Government to establish here prosperity and abundance promptly; if I allow myself to be amused by cunning and perfidious ciruumlocutions, the colony will be the theatre of a long civil war.
       "I commence my campaign, and I will teach that rebel what is the force of the French Government.
       "From this moment, he must be regarded by all good Frenchmen residing in Saint Domingo only as an insensate monster.
       "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 ordain what follows:--
       "Article 1.--General Toussaint and General Christophe are outlawed; every good citizen is commanded to seize

Page 181 them, and to treat them as rebels to the French Republic.

       "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 laborers 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 endeavored 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 Ciboa, 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.
       "The Captain-General commanding the army of Saint Domingo.

(Signed) "LECLERC."