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51 Toussaint L'Ouverture series, panel no. 5: Slave trade reaches its height in Haiti, 1730Jacob Lawrence1938 CE
52 Toussaint L'Ouverture series, panel no. 3: Spain and France fought for Haiti constantlyJacob Lawrence1938 CE
53 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 writeJacob Lawrence1938 CE
54 Toussaint L'Ouverture series, panel no. 10: The cruelty of the planters towards the slaves drove the slaves to revolt, 1776. Those revolts, which kept cropping up from time to time, finally came to a head in the rebellionJacob Lawrence1938 CE
55 Toussaint L'Ouverture series, panel no. 11: The society of the Friends of the Blacks was formed in England, 1778, the leading members being Price, Priestly, Sharp, Clarkson, and WilberforceJacob Lawrence1938 CE
56 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, 1793Jacob Lawrence1938 CE
57 Toussaint L'Ouverture series, panel no. 9: He read Rynol's Anti-Slavery Book that predicted a Black Emancipator, which language spirited him, 1763-1776Jacob Lawrence1938 CE
58 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 BiassouJacob Lawrence1938 CE
59 Toussaint L'Ouverture series, panel no. 13: During the rebellion of Jean Francois, Toussaint led his master and mistress to safetyJacob Lawrence1938 CE
60 Toussaint L'Ouverture series, panel no. 16: Toussaint captured Dondon, a city in the center of Haiti, 1795Jacob Lawrence1938 CE
61 Toussaint L'Ouverture series, panel no. 12: Jean Francois, first Black to rebel in HaitiJacob Lawrence1938 CE
62 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 IslandJacob Lawrence1938 CE
63 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. MarcJacob Lawrence1938 CE
64 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 BlacksJacob Lawrence1938 CE
65 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 MiguelJacob Lawrence1938 CE
66 Toussaint L'Ouverture series, panel no. 21: General Toussaint L'Ouverture attacked the English at Artibonite and there captured two townsJacob Lawrence1938 CE
67 Toussaint L'Ouverture series, panel no. 22: Settling down at St. Marc, he took possession of two important postsJacob Lawrence1938 CE
68 Toussaint L'Ouverture series, panel no. 17: Toussaint captured Marmelade, held by Vernet, a mulatto, 1795Jacob Lawrence1938 CE
69 Toussaint L'Ouverture series, panel no. 25: General Toussaint L'Ouverture defeats the English at SalineJacob Lawrence1938 CE
70 Toussaint L'Ouverture series, panel no. 18: Toussaint captured EnneryJacob Lawrence1938 CE
71 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
72 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
73 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
74 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
75 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
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