Toussaint Louverture Archive
“In overthrowing me, only the trunk of the tree of negro liberty has been cut down; its branches will shoot up again, for its roots are numerous and deep.”
To Biassou, commander of the rebellious slaves, 1791
A Warning to Rebels, 1795
“I granted their lives...”, 1796
Autobiography
from Extrait du rapport addressé au Directoire executif par
le citoyen Toussaint Louverture,
general en chef des Forces de la République française
á Saint-Domingue
“Leave, and don’t try to cause any upset”, 1797
“You want to slaughter all the whites?”, 1797
from Vie de Toussaint Louverture
Proclamation on Saint-Domingue, 1799
The Expulsion of Commissioner Roume, 1800
“Dictatorial proclamation”, 1801
Letter to Bonaparte on the Constitution, 1801
Toussaint’s Final Proclamation, 1801
Tousssaint in Brest, 1802
Toussaint at Fort de Joux, 1802
Letter to Decrès, 1802
Letter to Bonaparte, 20 July 1802
Letter to Bonaparte, 16 September 1802
To the Commandant of Fort de Joux, 1802
The History of Toussaint Louverture, James Stephen, 1814
The Life of Toussaint L'ouverture, the Negro Patriot of Hayti, Rev. John R. Beard, 1853
Life of Toussaint L'ouverture, Warrior and Statesman, Robert Charles O'Hara Benjamin, 1888
Toussaint L'ouverture, the Hero of Saint Domingo, Rev. C.W. Mossell, 1896