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251 Toussaint L'Ouverture series, panel no. 28: The constitution was prepared and presented to Toussaint on the 19th day of May, 1800, by nine men he had chosen, eight of whom were white properietors and one mulatto. Toussaint's liberalism led him to choose such a group to draw up the constitution. He was much criticized for his choice, but the constitution proved workableImageuu_aah_art
252 Toussaint L'Ouverture series, panel no. 29: L'Ouverture made a triumphant march into San Domingo on the 2nd of January, 1801, at the head of 10,000 men, and hoisted the flag of the French Republic. Toussaint did not wish to break with the French, the largest group of Haitian inhabitants. The Blacks themselves spoke patois FrenchImageuu_aah_art
253 Toussaint L'Ouverture series, panel no. 2: Mistreatment by the Spanish soldiers caused much trouble on the island and caused the death of Anacanca, a native queen, 1503. Columbus left soldiers in charge, who began making slaves of the people. The queen was one of the leaders of the insurrection which followedImageuu_aah_art
254 Toussaint L'Ouverture series, panel no. 30: Napoleon Bonaparte begins to look on Haiti as a new land to conquer. Conquest inevitably meant further slaveryImageuu_aah_art
255 Toussaint L'Ouverture series, panel no. 31: Napoleon's troops under LeClerc arrive at the shores of HaitiImageuu_aah_art
256 Toussaint L'Ouverture series, panel no. 32: Henri Christoph, rather than surrender to LeClerc, sets fire to La Cape. Christoph, one of Toussaint's aides, sent word that the French were in Haitian waters - that he had held them off as long as possibleImageuu_aah_art
257 Toussaint L'Ouverture series, panel no. 33: General L'Ouverture, set for war with Napoleon, prepares Crete-a-Pierrot as a point of resitance. Toussaint took his troops into the mountains, deciding upon guerilla warfareImageuu_aah_art
258 Toussaint L'Ouverture series, panel no. 34: Toussaint defeats Napoleon's troops at EnneryImageuu_aah_art
259 Toussaint L'Ouverture series, panel no. 35: Yellow fever broke out with great violence, thus having a great physical and moral effect on the French soldiers. The French sought a truce with L'OuvertureImageuu_aah_art
260 Toussaint L'Ouverture series, panel no. 36: During the truce Toussaint is deceived and arrested by LeClerc. LeClerc felt that with Toussaint out of the way, the Blacks would surrenderImageuu_aah_art
261 Toussaint L'Ouverture series, panel no. 37: Toussaint is taken to Paris and imprisoned in the dungeon of the Castle Joux - August 17, 1802Imageuu_aah_art
262 Toussaint L'Ouverture series, panel no. 38: Napoleon's attempt to restore slavery in Haiti was unsuccessful. Dessalines, Chief of the Blacks, defeated LeClerc. Black men, women, and children took up arms to preserve their freedomImageuu_aah_art
263 Toussaint L'Ouverture series, panel no. 39: The death of Toussaint L'Ouverture in the Prison of Le Joux, April, 1803. Imprisoned a year, Toussaint died of a broken heartImageuu_aah_art
264 Toussaint L'Ouverture series, panel no. 3: Spain and France fought for Haiti constantlyImageuu_aah_art
265 Toussaint L'Ouverture series, panel no. 40: The Declaration of Independence was signed January 1, 1804 - Dessalines, Clevaux, and Henri Christoph. These three men made up a new constitution, writing it themselves. The Haitian flag shows in the sketchImageuu_aah_art
266 Toussaint L'Ouverture series, panel no. 41: Dessalines was crowned Emperor October 4, 1804, thus: Jean Jacques the First of Haiti. Dessalines, standing beside a broken chain, had the powers of dictator, as opposed to Toussaint's more liberal leadershipImageuu_aah_art
267 Toussaint L'Ouverture series, panel no. 4: Spain and France agree to divide Haiti, 1691Imageuu_aah_art
268 Toussaint L'Ouverture series, panel no. 5: Slave trade reaches its height in Haiti, 1730Imageuu_aah_art
269 Toussaint L'Ouverture series, panel no. 6: The birth of Toussaint L'Ouverture, May 20, 1743. Both of Toussaint's parents were slavesImageuu_aah_art
270 Toussaint L'Ouverture series, panel no. 7: As a child, Toussaint heard the twang of the planter's whip and saw the blood stream from the bodies of slavesImageuu_aah_art
271 Toussaint L'Ouverture series, panel no. 8: In early manhood his seemingly good nature won for him the coachmanship for Bayou de Libertas, 1963. His job as coachman gave him time to think about how to fight slavery. During this period, he taught himself to read and to writeImageuu_aah_art
272 Toussaint L'Ouverture series, panel no. 9: He read Rynol's Anti-Slavery Book that predicted a Black Emancipator, which language spirited him, 1763-1776Imageuu_aah_art
273 UHS Yearbook Staff (Uintahn)1941Imageucl_tp
274 Uintah High School Type Team1941Imageucl_tp
275 Union Theological Seminary, Correspondence of Aziz Suryal Atiya dated 1958-19601958; 1959; 1960Textuum_asap
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