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the first rank—that ony other course is dis-

ola was carried the first African slave, and by

the labors of a pious werk, Las Casas, was fixed

upon the continent and islands of a new world

a system which has cursed it for centuries. and

may curse it for centuries (0 come. St. De-

mingo, as Hayti was called after it lost its first

Spanish name of Hispauiola, only fifty-four miles

from Cuba, an

size and natural wealth of ali the islands of those

second only to that island in

seas, was ounce known as the ‘Garden of the

t¢ Antilles."

the French Revolution, it was divided almost

equally into two colors, a French and a Span-

“ish; and the rich and lordly white proprietors of

the former embraced with enthusiasm and pas-

gion, as the masters of slaves have elsewhere

done, the principle of liberty=liberty and equality,

that is, for men who were the owners of negroes,

It required, however, only a very few years for the

enthusiasm and possion to penetrate downward

through the lower strata ef society, even to the

lowest. In 1791, the Freneh National Assembly

"decreed the civil freedom of all ‘persons of

"ww eglor "—mixed blood—born of free parents;

in 1793, universal freedom was proclaimed to the

slaves who had already achieved their freedom;

in 1795, the Spanish colony was ceded to

Frauce; and a year later, Toussaint 1I'Overtare,

a negro, and five years before a plautation slave,

was proclaimed Commander-in-Chief. Under his

wise, peaceful and energetic administration, the

beautiful land, whieh, in the long struggle of eon-

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

New-York daily tribune. (1861). New-York [N.Y.], 1861-04-01. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83030213/1861-04-01/ed-1/?sp=4

ReferencesReferencias

Library of Congress, Chronicling America: New-York daily tribune, 1861-04-01.