"The liberty that you enjoy is the work of a few good men who have sacrificed their lives for it."

"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."

"I have taken up arms for the freedom of my color, and I will maintain it as long as I breathe."

"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 could be guaranteed only under an independent black government."