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Deceived and captured by the troops of French General Leclerc and put on board of the Le Heros - to be transferred to the French mountain prison Fort de Joux - Toussaint Louverture wrote this letter at the beginning of his captivity to Napoléon Bonaparte pleading for the safety of his his wife, Suzanne Louverture and his children.
On Board the [Le] Hero[s], 1 Thermidor, an X. [July 12, 1802]
Citizen First Consul: A mother fifty years of age may deserve the indulgence and the kindness of a generous and liberal nation. She has no account to render. I alone ought to be responsible for my conduct to the Government I have served. I have too high an idea of the greatness and the justice of the First Magistrate of the French people, to doubt a moment of its impartiality. I indulge the feeling that the balance in its hands will not incline to one side more than to another. I claim its generosity.
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Reference
- Beard, J. R. (John Relly) (1863). Toussaint L'Ouverture: A Biography and Autobiography. Chapel Hill, NC: Academic Affairs Library, UNC-CH. Online Publication (p. 235)