![]() In the authorities we possess on the subject, either French or mulatto interests, for the most part, predominate. The blacks have no authors their cause, consequently, has not yet been pleaded. Possibly this may be attributable to a mulatto pen. "The tone taken on the subject of negro freedom in Hayti, by recent writers in two French reviews, is partial and unjust. To several of these the author acknowledges deep obligation. "The sources of information on this subject are found chiefly in the French language. If apology for such a publication was required, it might be found in the fact that no detailed life of TOUSSAINT L'OUVERTURE is accessible to the English reader, for the only memoir of him which exists in our language has long been out of print. A hope of affording some aid to the sacred cause of freedom, specially as involved in the extinction of slavery, and in the removal of the prejudices on which servitude mainly depends, has induced the author to prepare the present work for the press. But the efforts which are now made to effect the abolition of slavery in the United States of America, seem to render the present moment specially fit for the appearance of a memoir of TOUSSAINT L'OUVERTURE. "The life which is described in the following pages has both a permanent interest and a permanent value. D., Member of the Historico-Theological Society of Leipsic, etc." It had the following. The Biography was first published in London, ten years since, as "The Life of Toussaint L'Ouverture, the Negro Patriot of Hayti: By the Rev. THIS volume contains two distinct works,-a Biography and an Autobiography. ![]() In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of Massachusetts. Haiti - History - Revolution, 1791-1804.įinished TEI-conformant encoding and final proofing.Įntered according to act of Congress, in the year 1863,.Library of Congress Subject Headings, 21st edition, 1998 Spell-check and verification made against printed text using Author/Editor (SoftQuad) and Microsoft Word spell check programs. Indentation in lines has not been preserved. Removed, and the trailing part of a word has been joined toĪll quotation marks, em dashes and ampersand have been transcribed asĪll double right and left quotation marks are encoded as " and "Īll single right and left quotation marks are encoded as ' and ' respectively. Typographical errors have been preserved, and appear in red type.Īll footnotes are inserted at the point of reference within paragraphs.Īny hyphens occurring in line breaks have been Original grammar, punctuation, and spelling have been preserved. Recommendations for Level 4 of the TEI in Libraries Guidelines. The text has been entered using double-keying and verified against the original. The electronic edition is a part of the UNC-CHĭigitization project, Documenting the American South. JAMES REDPATH, PUBLISHER, 221 WASHINGTON STREET.Ĭall number E7272 (Special Collections Library, Duke ![]() (title page) Toussaint L'Ouverture: A Biography and Autobiography ![]() University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Supported the electronic publication of this title.Īpex Data Services, Inc., Elizabeth S. | Buy DocSouth Books Toussaint L'Ouverture:įunding from the National Endowment for the Humanities ![]()
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