“In overthrowing me you have cut down in Saint Domingue only the trunk of the tree of liberty; it will spring up again from the roots, for they are numerous and they are deep” -Toussaint Louverture
“In overthrowing me you have cut down in Saint Domingue only the trunk of the tree of liberty; it will spring up again from the roots, for they are numerous and they are deep” -Toussaint Louverture
France: Yeah we have slavery, but we also have free Black and mixed people ascend to high places in colonial society.
Louverture: Slavery is bad. I was born a slave, manumitted myself, and only didn’t hand this colony to the Spanish because you abolished slavery in the Republic.
France: Yeah, and you ascended to a high place in society ... and also we need the money beca- wait, what are all these guys doing with those machetes?