Toussaint Louverture — "I have taken vengeance for my race."

"Do you think that men who have been able to enjoy the blessing of liberty will calmly see it snatched away from them? They have fought to obtain it; they will fight to retain it."

"I will tear off the epaulets of the officers who do not march; and I will shoot the soldiers who resist. I want work and order."

"While Louverture can at times be a controversial figure, due to the fact that he enslaved others following his own freedom from bondage, he is nonetheless an important figure in Caribbean and Atlantic…"

"The liberty of blacks cannot exist without the destruction of slavery."

"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."