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51 Toussaint L'Ouverture series, panel no. 17: Toussaint captured Marmelade, held by Vernet, a mulatto, 1795Jacob Lawrence1938 CE
52 Toussaint L'Ouverture series, panel no. 25: General Toussaint L'Ouverture defeats the English at SalineJacob Lawrence1938 CE
53 Toussaint L'Ouverture series, panel no. 18: Toussaint captured EnneryJacob Lawrence1938 CE
54 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 workableJacob Lawrence1938 CE
55 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 FrenchJacob Lawrence1938 CE
56 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 pursuitsJacob Lawrence1938 CE
57 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 possibleJacob Lawrence1938 CE
58 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 warfareJacob Lawrence1938 CE
59 Toussaint L'Ouverture series, panel no. 30: Napoleon Bonaparte begins to look on Haiti as a new land to conquer. Conquest inevitably meant further slaveryJacob Lawrence1938 CE
60 Toussaint L'Ouverture series, panel no. 31: Napoleon's troops under LeClerc arrive at the shores of HaitiJacob Lawrence1938 CE
61 Toussaint L'Ouverture series, panel no. 34: Toussaint defeats Napoleon's troops at EnneryJacob Lawrence1938 CE
62 Toussaint L'Ouverture series, panel no. 26: On March 24, he captured MirebaloisJacob Lawrence1938 CE
63 Girl with Yellow HatNorman Lewis1936 CE
64 The Wanderer (Johnny)Norman Lewis1933 CE
65 UntitledNorman Lewis1949 CE
66 Untitled (Police Beating)Norman Lewis1943 CE
67 The Dispossessed (Family)Norman Lewis1940 CE
68 AlabamaNorman Lewis1960 CE
69 American TotemNorman Lewis1960 CE
70 Composition INorman Lewis1945 CE
71 Title Unknown (March on Washington)Norman Lewis1965 CE
72 Jazz MusiciansNorman Lewis1948 CE
73 Lewis CrossingNorman Lewis1949 CE
74 ConfrontationNorman Lewis1971 CE
75 RitualNorman Lewis1962 CE
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