Courtesy & narration Frankie Morone.

In 1802, a French expeditionary force achieved a great victory against the slave army in St. Domingue. In this drawing one can see Toussaint Louverture brandishing his sword on June 7th 1802, when he was about to be arrested by the "Francais". On that day he was transported to Gonaives, put on a ship (La Creole) then transported to Cap. Once there he was put on another ship (Le Heros) in order to set sail for France. He said while boarding that ship :
«En me renversant sur le Heros, on n’a abattu à Saint - Domingue que le tronc de l’arbre de la liberté des Noirs ; il poussera par les racines parce qu’elles sont profondes et nombreuses».

Afraid of Toussaint and jealous of him, (he was a general with skills rivaling Napoleon’s), that French dictator Napoleon had him shipped in chains to France where he died in prison at Fort de Joux on April 7, 1803.

Ironically the French, to boast themselves had a different story: Louverture's army was subdued and General Toussaint had no choice to turn himself in. I guess History can be written several ways...ça c' est la petite histoire....

Toussaint Louverture remains one of the greatest Generals of all times and we Haitians are very proud of him.

“Had Toussaint lived, it’s very likely that he would have remained in power long enough to put the nation on a different footing and to become the founding father of the new nation”.