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The writings of John Greenleaf Whittier, Volume 3. (ed. John Greenleaf Whittier), Anti-Slavery Poems (search)
no more shall kneel, And God alone be Lord! 1832. Toussaint L'ouverture. Toussaint L'Ouverture, the black chieftayou. When the rising of the negroes took place, in 1791, Toussaint refused to join them until he had aided M. Bayou and his to escape to Baltimore. The white man had discovered in Toussaint many noble qualities, and had instructed him in some of ts period, until 1801, the island, under the government of Toussaint, was happy, tranquil, and prosperous. The miserable attesangon, where, in April, 1803, he died. The treatment of Toussaint finds a parallel only in the murder of the Duke D'Enghienastened nigh, With fearless step and strong. ‘What, ho, Toussaint! ’ A moment more, His shadow crossed the lighted floor. ‘l drip The warm blood from the driver's whip: Yet, though Toussaint has vengeance sworn For all the wrongs his race have bornand won. I knelt with Ziska's hunted flock, I watched in Toussaint's cell of rock, I walked with Sidney to the block. The m<