Thibodaux minerva

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Still later, when Santana, the Liberator,"

unfurled the flag of Dominican independence, a

party of negroes, led by oneofSoulouque's black

captains, attacked the neighboring village, with

the war-cry of "death to the whites." This

ominous cry, which lias so often carried terror

and destruction to the whites of eastern Hayti,

sent the frightened inhabitants to the mountain

dells for refuge, but as they fled they were met

near the ruined church by a little band of horse

men, coming to their rescue. The young leader

unfurled the white efross of Dominica under the

light of their blazing homes, and rallied them

to battle in their own defence. It was a deadly,

desperate strife. They were not many, but they

fought hand to hand with all the cherished bit

terness of hostile races, until the morning—the

glorious, gorgeous morning of the tropics—

dawned on the field, ar\d revealed the victory of

the whites. Seventeen white men lay dead or

wounded, but among them more than thrice their

number of blacks, and they were dressed for

burial, and the last rights were paid them close

beside the ancient church of the palm grove,

where the last princess of the red men had been

treacherously slain by the Spaniards where the

children of the Spaniards had been savagely

murdered by the Africans. There the children

of the Africans had also paid the blood-penalty

of their own and their father's deeds. This last

act of this retributive drama of races is a late

occurrence. Happily it has been followed by

a truce which is now consolidating into a liberal

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Wilmington journal · Wilmington, N.C. · December 16, 185316 de diciembre de 1853 · See the original pageVer la página original

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Thibodaux minerva. (1854). Thibodaux, La., 1854-02-11. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn86079110/1854-02-11/ed-1/?sp=1

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Library of Congress, Chronicling America: Thibodaux minerva, 1854-02-11.