« We have known how to face dangers to obtain our liberty, we shall know how to brave death to maintain it. » – C.L.R James, The Black Jacobins
On November 5th he [Toussaint L’Ouverture] addressed a letter to the Directory which is a milestone in his career.ll He did not know then of the coup d’état of the 18th Fructidor, when Vaublanc and…