Toussaint Louverture — "I have taken up arms for the freedom of my color, and I will maintain it as long…"
I have taken up arms for the freedom of my color, and I will maintain it as long as I breathe.
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"Is it not like cutting off a man's legs and telling him to walk? Is it not like cutting out a man's tongue and telling him to talk? Is it not burying a man alive?"
"My General, you are mistaken in thinking that you can secure the liberty of the blacks by giving them a master. It is for them to choose one."
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