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226 Toussaint L'Ouverture series, panel no. 13: During the rebellion of Jean Francois, Toussaint led his master and mistress to safetyImageuu_aah_art
227 Toussaint L'Ouverture series, panel no. 14: The blacks were led by three chiefs, Jean Francois, Biassou, and Jeannot; Toussaint serving as aide-de-camp to BiassouImageuu_aah_art
228 Toussaint L'Ouverture series, panel no. 15: The Mulattoes, enemies of both the Blacks and Whites, but tolerated more by the Whites, joined their forces in battle against the Blacks, 1793Imageuu_aah_art
229 Toussaint L'Ouverture series, panel no. 16: Toussaint captured Dondon, a city in the center of Haiti, 1795Imageuu_aah_art
230 Toussaint L'Ouverture series, panel no. 17: Toussaint captured Marmelade, held by Vernet, a mulatto, 1795Imageuu_aah_art
231 Toussaint L'Ouverture series, panel no. 18: Toussaint captured EnneryImageuu_aah_art
232 Toussaint L'Ouverture series, panel no. 19: The Mulattoes had no organization; the English held only a point or two on the Island, while the Blacks formed into large bands and slaughtered every Mulatto and White they encountered. The Blacks learned the secret of their power. The Haitians now controlled half the IslandImageuu_aah_art
233 Toussaint L'Ouverture series, panel no. 1: Columbus discovered Haiti on December 6, 1492. The discovery was on Columbus' first trip to the New World. He is shown planting the official Spanish flag, under which he sailed. The priest shows the influence of the Church upon peopleImageuu_aah_art
234 Toussaint L'Ouverture series, panel no. 20: General Toussaint L'Ouverture, Statesman and military genius, esteemed by the Spaniards, feared by the English, dreaded by the French, hated by the planters, and reverenced by the BlacksImageuu_aah_art
235 Toussaint L'Ouverture series, panel no. 21: General Toussaint L'Ouverture attacked the English at Artibonite and there captured two townsImageuu_aah_art
236 Toussaint L'Ouverture series, panel no. 22: Settling down at St. Marc, he took possession of two important postsImageuu_aah_art
237 Toussaint L'Ouverture series, panel no. 23: General L'Ouverture collected forces at Marmelade, and on October the 9th, 1794, left with 500 men to capture San MiguelImageuu_aah_art
238 Toussaint L'Ouverture series, panel no. 24: General L'Ouverture confers with Leveaux at Dondon with his principal aides, Dessalines, Commander of San Miguel, Duminil, Commander of Plaisaince, Desrouleaux, Ceveaux and Maurepas, Commanders of the Battalions, and prepares an attack at St. MarcImageuu_aah_art
239 Toussaint L'Ouverture series, panel no. 25: General Toussaint L'Ouverture defeats the English at SalineImageuu_aah_art
240 Toussaint L'Ouverture series, panel no. 26: On March 24, he captured MirebaloisImageuu_aah_art
241 Toussaint L'Ouverture series, panel no. 27: Returning to private life as the commander and chief of the army, he saw to it that the country was well taken care of, and Haiti returned to prosperity. During this important period, slavery was abolished, and attention focused upon agricultural pursuitsImageuu_aah_art
242 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
243 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
244 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
245 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
246 Toussaint L'Ouverture series, panel no. 31: Napoleon's troops under LeClerc arrive at the shores of HaitiImageuu_aah_art
247 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
248 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
249 Toussaint L'Ouverture series, panel no. 34: Toussaint defeats Napoleon's troops at EnneryImageuu_aah_art
250 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
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