"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…"

"I have undertaken vengeance. I want Liberty and Equality to reign in Saint Domingue."

"I took up arms for the freedom of my color. It is our own - we will defend it or perish."

"Is it not like cutting off a man's legs and telling him to walk? Is it not like cutting out a man's tongue and telling him to talk? Is it not burying a man alive?"

"I will be a black Napoleon."