Illustrations



 
 

Flogging of a slave by another slave while the master watches; a third slave pours something into a saucer that will be rubbed into the wounds of the disciplined slave to cause him agony. 

 from Martin Ros, Night of Fire: The Black Napoleon and the Battle for Haiti (New York: Sarpedon, 1994).

 
Map of Haiti (Santo Domingo)

 
Touissaint L'ouverture after his appointment as a general by the French.

 from Martin Ros, Night of Fire: The Black Napoleon and the Battle for Haiti (New York: Sarpedon, 1994).


 
Toussaint L'ouverture

from Anna Julia Cooper, Slavery and the French Revolutionists (1788-1805) (Lewiston, NY: Edwin Mellen Press, 1988).

Rebellious slave
Fifty-five white Virginians were killed during Nat Turner's rebellion.

Nat Turner was eventually captured and executed.

 


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