Toussaint Louverture (François-Dominique Toussaint Louverture) Quotes

The revolution of Saint Domingo was taking its course. I saw that the whites could not endure, because they were divided and because they were overpowered by numbers; I congratulated myself that I was a black man.

Toussaint Louverture

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• The revolution of Saint Domingo was taking its course. I saw that the whites could not endure, because they were divided and because they were overpowered by numbers; I congratulated myself that I was a black man.

  

  Toussaint Louverture
  • Black
  • Because
  • Course