"Brothers and friends, I am Toussaint Louverture; perhaps my name has made itself known to you. I have undertaken vengeance. I want Liberty and Equality to reign in St. Domingue. I am working to make t…"

"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…"

"I was born a slave, but I have the right to be free."

"I was born a slave, but nature gave me the soul of a free man."

"The liberty of blacks could be guaranteed only under an independent black government."