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José Antonio Aponte, Cuba and Haiti
In 1812 occurred the Aponte rebellion, which began in Havana. Aponte was a free Negro whose motives were not apparent, though race hatred seems to have been the prime cause of the outbreak. He terrorized Havana for a time but was slain with many others.
E.P. Herrick, “Uprisings of Cuban Negroes,” The Southern [...]
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“The troops which you say are at this moment landing, I consider as so many pieces of cards, which the slightest breath of wind will dissipate.”
“Your aid-de-camp, General, has delivered to me your letter of this day. I have the honor to inform you, that I could not deliver up the forts and posts entrusted to my command, without previous orders from the governor general, Toussaint Louverture, my immediate chief, from whom I hold the powers [...]
Posted in Haiti Also tagged 1800s, 1802, archives, Cap Français, Cap Haitien, Christophe, history, independence, LeClerc, Napoleon, representation, Saint-Domingue, Toussaint 3 Comments
« Représentation de l’idée que, dans la colonie française de Saint-Domingue, les esclaves noirs se firent de la liberté démocratique française, qu’ils pensèrent acquérir par une cruauté inouïe ; ils ruinèrent plusieurs centaines de plantations de café et de sucre et brûlèrent les moulins. Ils massacrèrent également sans distinction tous les Blancs qui tombèrent entre leurs mains tandis qu’un enfant blanc leur servait d’étendard : ils violèrent les femmes, les traînèrent dans une misérable captivité mais en 1791 leurs desseins ne se réalisèrent pas »
Anonymous, “Représentation de l’idée que, dans la colonie française de Saint-Domingue, les esclaves noirs se firent de [...]
Posted in Haiti Also tagged 1700s, 1791, 1797, archives, Cap François, Cap Haitien, Haiti, insurrection, revolt, Saint-Domingue 1 Comment
Pillage du Cap Français en 1793
Boquet, “Pillage du Cap Français en 1793,” (Paris [?], 1795) Source: John Carter Brown Archive of Early American Images, Brown University. Click here for high-resolution original.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged 1793, archives, Cap Français, Cap Haitien, Haiti, revolt, Saint-Domingue 3 Comments
Cécile Fatiman, Boukman Dutty & Bois Caiman