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CATALOGUE 1. Columbus discovered Haiti on December 6, 1492. The discovery was on Columbus' first trip to the New World. he is shown planting the official Spanish flag, under which he sailed. The priest shows the influence of the Church upon the people. "While the masses need the Church, it did a lot of harm to the Negroes. It's the same type of thing Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote about in Uncle Tom's Cabin." 2. Mistreatment by the Spanish soldiers caused much trouble on the island and caused the death of Anacanca, a native queen, 1503. Columbus left soldiers in charge. Their greed for gold caused them to begin making slaves of the people, who were living a happy and peaceful life up to that time. They naturally resisted. The queen was one of the leaders in the insurrection. 3. Spain and France fought for Haiti constantly, 1665-1691. 4. Spain and France agree to divide Haiti, 1691. 5. Slave trade reaches its height in Haiti, 1730. 6. The birth of Toussaint L'Ouverture, May 20, 1743. Both of his parents were slaves. Lawrence does not remember Toussaint's given name. 7. As a child, Toussaint heard the twang of the planter's whip and saw the blood stream from the bodies of slaves. 8. In early manhood his seemingly good nature won for him the coachmanship for Bayou de Libertas, 1763. His job as a coachman gave him time to think about how to fight slavery. He taught himself to read and write. 9. He read Rynol's Anti Slavery Book that predicted a Black Emancipator, which language spirited him, 1763-1776. 10. The cruelty of the planters toward the slaves drove the slaves to revolt, 1776. These revolts kept cropping up from time to time—finally came to a head in the rebellion. 11. The Society of the Friends of the Blacks was formed in England, 1778, the leading members being Price, Priestly, Sharp, Clarkson and Wilberforce. 12. Jean Francois, first Black to rebel in Haiti. Toussaint did not believe that the time was ripe for rebellion. 13. During the rebellion of Jean Francois, Toussaint led his master and mistress to safety. 14. The blacks were led by three chiefs, Jean Francois, Biassou and Jeannot; Toussaint serving as aide-de-camp to Biassou. 15. The Mulattoes, enemies of both the Blacks and the White, but tolerated more by the Whites, joined their forces in battle against the Blacks, 1793. Mulattoes, children of the planters, were not slaves, but neither did they have any voice in the government. 16. Toussaint captured Dondon, a city in the center of Haiti, 1795. 17. Toussaint captured Marmelade, held by Vernet, a mulatto, 1795. 18. Toussaint captured Ennery. 19. The Mulattoes had no organization; the English held only a point or two on the Island, while the Blacks formed into large bands and slaughtered every mulatto and white they encountered. The blacks had learned the secret of their power. The Haitians now controlled half the Island, and took their revenge on their enemies. 20. General Toussaint L'Ouverture, Statesman and Military Genius, esteemed by the Spaniards, feared by the English, dreaded by the French, hated by the planters, and reverenced by the Blacks. 21. General Toussaint L'Ouverture attacked the English at Artibonite and there captured two towns. 22. Settling down at St. Marc, he took possession of two important posts. 23. General L'Ouverture collected forces at Marmelade, and on October 9, 1794, left with 500 men to capture San Miguel. 24. General L'Ouverture confers with Leveaux at Dondon with his principal aides, Desssalines, Commander of San Miguel, Duminil, Commander of Plaisaince, Desrouleaux, Ceveaux, and Maurepas, Commanders of Battalions, and prepares an attack on Brisbane at St. Marc. [[image - a painting]] No. 1 The Spanish Conquest