 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - 1845 - عدد الصفحات: 846
...Toussaint's army should be allowed to retain their respective ranks. "I swear," added Leclerc, "before the Supreme Being, to respect the liberty of the people of St Domingo." Thus the war appeared to have reached a happy close ; the whites and blacks mingled with each other... | |
 | John Relly Beard - 1853 - عدد الصفحات: 374
...delegate from France, and to employ Touasaint's officers according to their rank. " I swear," he said, " before the face of the Supreme Being, to respect the liberty of the people of Saint Domingo." Toussaint L'Ouverture replied, " I accept everything which is favourable for the people... | |
 | James Theodore Holly - 1857 - عدد الصفحات: 62
...Toussaint, in presence of the French and Black Generals, uplifting his hand and jewelled sword to heaven : "I swear before the face of the Supreme Being, to respect the liberty of the people of St. Domingo." Toussaint believed in the sincerity of this solemn oath of the white man. He threw down his arms, and... | |
 | John Hampden Gurney - 1858 - عدد الصفحات: 482
...basely broken, without which Toussaint would have warred to the death. " I swear," said Leclerc, " before the face of the Supreme Being, to respect the liberty of the people of St. Domingo." Toussaint's reply was very brief, and very noble;—" I accept everything which is favourable for the... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1872 - عدد الصفحات: 284
...Toussaint's army should be allowed to retain their respective ranks. ' I swear,' added Leclerc, ' before the Supreme Being, to respect the liberty of the people of St Domingo.' Thus the war appeared to have reached a happy close ; the whites and blacks mingled with each other... | |
 | Charles W. Mossell - 1896 - عدد الصفحات: 538
...witness the inviolability and righteousness of his promises : " I swear," added he, " in the presence of the Supreme Being, to respect the liberty of the people of Saint Domingo." Toussaint L'Ouverture replied that he accepted everything that was favorable to the... | |
 | Howard Brotz - 2011 - عدد الصفحات: 641
...Toussaint, in presence of the French and Black Generals, uplifting his hand and jewelled sword to heaven: "I swear before the face of the Supreme Being, to respect the liberty of the people of St. Domingo." Toussaint believed in the sincerity of this solemn oath of the white man. He thtew down his arms, and... | |
 | Philip Sheldon Foner, Robert J. Branham - 1998 - عدد الصفحات: 952
...Toussaint, in presence of the French and black generals, uplifting his hand and jeweled sword to heaven, "I swear before the face of the Supreme Being to respect the liberty of the people of Santo Domingo," Toussaint believed in the sincerity of this solemn oath of the white man. He threw... | |
 | Richard Newman, Patrick Rael, Phillip Lapsansky - 2001 - عدد الصفحات: 340
...Tbussaint, in presence of the French and Black Generals, uplifting his hand and jeweled sword to heaven: " I swear before the face of the Supreme Being, to respect the liberty of the people of St. Domingo," Toussaint believed in the sincerity of this solemn oath of the white man. He threw down his arms, and... | |
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Toussaint believed in the sincerity of this solemn oath of the white man. He threw down his arms, and went to end the remainder of his days in the bosom of his family. This was, indeed, a sad mistake for him, to place so much confidence in the word of... 