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Assuming OP is talking about the 1804 massacre, Dessalines said: > Yes, we have rendered to these true cannibals war for war, crime for crime, courage for cour
by cocacola1 4y ago
Assuming OP is talking about the 1804 massacre, Dessalines said:
> Yes, we have rendered to these true cannibals war for war, crime for crime, courage for courage [should be “outrage for outrage”]; Yes, I have saved my country – I have avenged America. The avowal I make of it in the face of earth and heaven, constitutes my pride and my glory. – Of what consequence to me is the opinion which contemporary and future generations will pronounce upon my conduct? I have performed my duty; I enjoy my own approbation; for me that is sufficient. But what do I say? The preservation of my unfortunate brothers, the testimony of my own conscience are not my only recompence [sic]: I have seen two classes of men, born to cherish, assist and succour one another – mixed, in a word, and blended together – crying for vengeance, and disputing the honor of the first blow.
His “Liberty or Death” Proclamation: https://haitidoi.com/2013/08/02/i-have-avenged-america/ https://haitidoi.com/2013/08/02/i-have-avenged-america/