On my previous website where "The Black General " was a very popular page, several Haitian critics have attacked me for the way the story was told. They claimed that I wrote as if I personally was there witnessing the historical events.
Well, let me tell you as my father used to say, if you did not live these events in your very being, you have missed 99 % of your inheritance, and you don't know what Haiti means or represents. Haiti is not just a word or a place it is also spiritually based. As such, it is an indestructible, timeless spiritual fortress and refuge. To the curious travelling spirit, it is a veil, a symbol, a post, a point, or a cama Once reached, new worlds opens up and old worlds are remembered, meanings and realities changes. As a kid, I often heard Haiti referred to as a mystery, now I can see that clearly, it is a combination of myths or legends hiding behind other myths and legends. Before you know anything, you are wide awake going in circles. Completion of each circle pushes you further along the path to greater circles. To sweeten the mystery, please acknowledge that our daily activities runs circularly as our very lives are. The fact of the matter is EVERYTHING exist in a circle. After reading the black general you'll have a better idea. In our modern times, we are indeed living in the completion of a long circle. a Milankovitch one at that. There is no escaping from that. It doesn't matter how holly the book or story is or claimed to be, origin this, beginning or creation that. It is just a beginning of a circle and rest assured that a cycle ended prior to that beginning or genesis and so forth. The sum of Haitian art is an invitation to that mystery. The unknowable abyss where the self originated from. . Enjoy.......
My response to my dear critics is that, not only was I there witnessing all those events but I aim to take you there as well to be a witness yourself, and if you are patient and alert enough you will have the opportunity to enter inside the very head of the "Black General". Your enlightenment or understanding will depend on your spiritual foundation, according to how open you are to such knowledge and not on your grade level, sex, race or age. I do that through the spiritual power that is in the now, and is now, grabbing the spiritual past in firmly that was now and forever will be now. If you don't understand the last phrase. It was my salutation and request to all 4 cardinal points to open the passage. Haitian Shamanic knowledge. The now is an entity onto itself, a metaphysical point connecting all that was, is, and to come. Once passage is granted, new challenges arises until one reaches the house. The house which have no inside or outside...Open the way, open the gates. My soul is my ID and my inner voice have the passcodes...Open the way open the gates and this is an order..,, Your Master is at the gate. The master has arrived.
Well, well, welll. This is the third time an anonymous reader has written to ask me what one would find inside the black general's head. I guess the anonymous reader won't stop harassing me until I answer him or her. I don't know if he or she expected a joke or a serious answer. But it touches me enough to give a straightforward answer if there can ever be one. Ready? Let's take a dive.....
So my dear reader and visitor, after qualification entry, you will undergo a deep spiritual journey where you will have to pass many tests, Upon completion, you will be given a new ID card that will allow you to download visions. Once you do that, a great library will be available to you. From there all spiritual knowledge will be at your fingertip. In the great library, the black general is there in full glory in a prominent place. After entry, you will be carried away by reverence and awe upon coming face-to-face with the chattel, chained slaves metamorphosing into the black general. The emergence or creation of new space, the generation of power, the concentration of power, and more importantly, the execution of that power are what you will see and find inside the black general's head. The black general was raised from the unknowable abyss, a sphere beyond the limits of human experience or understanding, raised to vanquish the best and most modern armies of Europe and in an act of defiance the Black General arrested time itself by giving back the island its original name "HAITI". In doing so he symbolically and spiritually undid the very landing of Christopher Columbus.
Hispaniola meaning little Spain, was the new name given to Haiti by Christopher Columbus. In transforming Haiti into Hispaniola, hundreds of thousands, close to a million original Haitians (Arawaks) perished. Hispaniola was the launchpad for the conquest of the Americas. What happened in Haiti and to Haiti was duplicated in all the Americas. Please note that conquistador Hernán Cortes who defeated and destroyed the entire Aztec civilization was just a medium-ranking officer in the army of Hispaniola. The Hispaniola army had at its head the great Nicolas Ovando, Knight of the Order of Alcantara, the great military order of Spain that had brutally and totally crushed the Moors and expelled them and all non-Catholics out of Spain. As captain general and governor of Hispaniola, Ovando was the executioner of Queen Anacaona. He also executed the great Cacique Cotubanama and perfectionized the slavery system adopted by Columbus...... Oh Poor Guacanagaric the Cacique of the "Marien" the beautiful northwestern part of Haiti, he helped Christopher Columbus in defeating more than one hundred thousand original Haitian warriors (Arawaks) in the plains of Santiago (Vega Real), Guacanagaric was also the one who received and welcomed Columbus on his first voyage. When the flagship Santa Maria sank in the bay of Mole St. Nicholas, Guacanagaric ordered the locals to save the ship. the Indians swam under the sea and recovered everything of Santa Maria, every single piece of wood, nails, furniture, materials, even debris etc... It is with those and local materials and support that they built the first European structure, the ill-fated "Navidad". The Haitian chief gave the Spaniards a daily festive banquet, barbecues, dancing women etc.. ...... Well, enough of the Indian stories Joseph...., but I just wanted to pay due respect to the first recorded Haitians, Haiti is a continuum story. Legends have it in existence thousands of years before the Arawkas.... but one last thing: ....Guacanagaric the great, the indispensable ally and assistant of the foreigners died of pure, acute, unsupportable grief and remorse. He really thought the Spaniards were his friends. Well, in a short period of time after he helped them subdue Haiti, his entire court and all of his family, himself included became slaves of the conquistadors..... ...EPIC
Back to our story. The Black General uprooted the generations-old and inhuman system of slavery not by treaty or negotiations, he did so with the use of unbridled, terrific force. Please note that such a phenomenon has never been recorded before or after in all the annals of history. His actions, in confronting and defeating the defenders of slavery, were aligned with the ultimate universal and cosmical order of rendering legitimately the victory of light over darkness thus establishing a permanent space into the spiritual realm.
His deification and acceptance were justified in the great hall of the permanent spirits for he indeed had reached the level of self-illuminated "star", while no other leaders of his time could even open their eyes. Such was his grandeur and superiority over his time. His spiritual powers are now activated and potent, meaning they can inspire or influence current life. On the right is an image of one of the generals who became king. Below is a video of the Black General's marking, imprint, or signature if you will.......
Well, dear reader, I hope I have answered your inquiry. The very words written in the answer are a legacy and testimony to the powerful energies circulating inside the Black General's head. Energies beyond and above the field of good and evil.
Besides Emperor Soulouque who tried to revive Haiti, King Henri was the last real Haitian leader according to my father. Right after his death, the mulatto general Jean Pierre Boyer continued where Petion left off in negotiating with King Louis XVIII of France to pay for our independence. He discontinued all commercial ties King Henri had with the British and embraced France completely. King Henri used to laugh at the idea of paying for the privilege of being a French Haitian. "We will never be French" he exclaimed, "we won our independence on the battlefield with the point of the bayonet. And any negotiation will have to be made on the battlefield. Period". to vex the French further he exclaim "our independance is patiently waiting dingling on the point of the bayonet, come and get it.". That was how the generals talked, power to power. Always ready for the final sacrifice with honor.
If you think Christophe's rejection of any malicious approach by France is amazing, the details of the manner in which the rejection message was sent will leave you speechless and give you a good idea of Haiti's division into north and south in 1814.
King Louis XVIII, yes the brother of the infamous Louis XVI came to the throne of France on April 11th of 1814 with all the Bourbon's power back in place. The colony was their richest possession, dubbed " The Pearl of the Antilles"., the envy of all colonial powers. Even though Napoleon thought of himself as the great reformer and modernist of Europe, he believed it was his mission to raise Europe from Fuedalism. But the Bourbon saw him in a whole different light. They accused Napoleon as being an inferior, low-life commoner, a dirtbag who should of never been in such a high position., in folly and drunkendness of power, sent the youth of France to die in a far forsaken land. They also regretted Napoleon's sale of the Louisiana territory in 1803. Life incarceration was Napoleon's fate in the island prison St. Helena. They also realized the value of Toussaint. Toussaint saved and secured the colony. According to them Toussaint should of bein promoted from general of division to Captain General. Under Toussaint, despite his autonomy, France was still receiving more than half of the revenues it was accustomed to in slavery days.
I must say that If that had happened, receiving the green light, with the trust and support of the French government, with the help of the French navy, the new world would have taken a totally different course. The guiding principle that Toussaint lived and died for , "Liberty Equality , Fraternity", the core ideal of the French revolution would of spread like wild fire in the Americas. As for the Caribbean basin, it would not matter whether English or Spanish colonies, Cuba, Puerto Rico etc.. Jamaica, Barbados, Grenada etc... For Toussaint's experienced, battle hardened veterans, the well seasoned disciplined regulars, it would be just a walk in the park. All the colonies were defenseless to his might.
Let me give you some facts, only 7000 men served in the United States military in 1812 with only six warships for navy.. by the end of the 1812 war, it grew to 35,000men. The British initially landed with just 4000 men in the end had about 38000 men which many were mercenaries, native Americans and other non disciplined. Two hundreds thousands local militias were the real saviors of the United States in that war. However, that did not prevent the English from reaching and burning the governmental buildings in Washington DC to the ground in 1814. Let's go back a little further, at the height of the American Revolution George Washington's army never exceeded more than 20,000 men and most of these were undisciplined, fat and out of shape and sometimes unruly and often deserted. Washington had to resort the harsh disciplinary measures just to keep his army under orders. It was tens of thousands militias that won the war.
What I'm saying is that with a successful landing, the Americans would have had no chance against Toussaint's forces, for he would of surely converted tens of thousands of negro slaves into fanatical Buffalo Soldiers, infuse them with causes, thus in fact neutralizing the faithful militias with their causes. Causes of slavery vs causes of freedom with Toussaint's forces activated . The US, at minimum, would of lost all the southern slaves states. But with the Louisiana territory and the additional southern states inclusioned in the French Empire denying the north of the slave economy. It would be just a matter of time before the US capitulate under a continuous, relentless 24/7 hour campaign. Please be aware that George Washington could have easily won the war very early against the British. Despite the counsel of many of his high officers, he absolutely refused to enlist the slaves to his cause. Because he was afraid that once the slaves became disciplined and tasted the thrills of war, with buffalo soldiers in large enough numbers, a whole new dimension would have surfaced which would have unpredictable consequences for slavery itself and all the parties involved...... Please note that "the Directory" the French government in 1798 had exactly such a plan for Toussaint to liberate Jamaica and the southern sates of the US. Please read Toussaint's confrontation with the French Diplomat Conte D'Hedrouville page. One last thing about Napoleon is that he received the same treatment From the Bourbon that he gave to Toussaint. He never in his time replied to one communication from Toussaint even when Toussaint was France's number one man in the colony or in the dungeons of Fort de Joux. He firmly believed Toussaint was just a negro slave. Also, Toussaint ignored his orders, especially about invading the Spanish part of the Island, now the Dominican Republic. This whole affair of Toussaint in Santo Domingo is an epic dramatic event in itself.
Back , back to our story, The present reality was the Bourbon missed the riches of the colonial and slavery days. So, in order to recognize Haiti's independence, France wanted reparation for the lost income and fortunes.
Dauxion Lavaysse and Franco de Medina, two French diplomats with their staff were dispatched on warships with the mission of starting the negotiations in earnest with warnings of invasion.
In late October 1814, Dauxion arrived from the west and was received in Port au Prince by General Petion, now president of the South. He was given a state dinner, a public audience was provided where the senators and deputies in their best attire were giving beautiful French speeches, debating the pros and benefits of the French "Olive Branch". Finally, when Petion spoke, his chief of staff General Boyer and the other generals in turn, all swore to take up arms and lay down their lives for the nation's independence. Just as it is in our modern times, it was all a show, behind the scenes they all were overjoyed by the emissaries of King Louis XVIII. All kind of promises were exchanged on all side, finalized with extended hugs and handshakes, enjoying smiles and haughty laughter . For the mullatoes, it was as if they had their prayers finally answered. Their long held prayers and dreams of being accepted, as if this was ever going to be possible. The diplomats were given a big festy celebration in the end.........elas.
As for Franco De Medina, he was dispatched to the North to see General Christophe, now King Henri the First, of Haiti. General Christophe had reports giving him all the details of Dauxion's successes in the south.
In early November 1814, Franco and his entourage had not even crossed the frontier from the east, in Ouanaminthe they were intercepted. They were all halted, disarmed, arrested and manhandled, bounded like common criminals. By the time they arrived in the north's capital Cap Haitian, large public crowds lined the streets and were waiting for them, clapping and cheering. They were paraded in the streets with their figures demoralized, dirty clothes, their hands tied behind their backs with chains, they were all led straight to jail. It was a well-orchestrated event. General Christophe is well known for all kinds of jokes of all sorts, always in a festive mood, laughing and giving big celebrations and balls, specially when the state's coffers were filled to overflowing. He would create special holidays for any reasons to give the hard working populace a break. This was one such occasion. The "Rara" were given licence on the public and the African drums rolled, rolled and re-rolled Cape Haiti over and over, through and through until everyone was on the same plane, sharing the same festive spirit.. For the next three days, the French diplomats received an experience that will forever marked them. The next morning, In the large courtyard under the "Tree Of Justice," King Henri presides over the procedures of the tribunal, surrounded by a serious but festive populace . From time to time like a great suspenseful event, the crowd, overwhelmed with emotions, would sigh loudly. The accused were given the chance to defend themselves. They eloquently made the case for their mission, the benefits of French recognition and of France's "Olive Branch" offer. However, they did not mention the threat of invasion. they concealed It. did not matter, Christophe was well aware of their mission. On the second day, the court spoke, reminding them of all the blood the French have shed. The" Extermination Campaign" of Rochambeau. Old slaves, men and women came to bear testimony against the French, showing their branded breats and shoulders with the scarred markings of plantation's logo. Men with their backs frayed with laches, amputees from the war etc.... The croud became aroused and agitated. Finally, Christophe rosed and spoke firmly "Not only your mission is a grave crime but your very presence here is an offense to Haiti. We never had such crimes committed in any corner of the kingdom so we don't have any laws with which to punish you with. This is a unique case for sure, we will have to adjust the laws to accommodate such a crime. Please, do not worry. Tomorrow, you will get your just sentence." Then the court adjourned. The public by now, is firmly convinced the diplomats were spies, and the public have good memories of exactly what that means since the revolution's time. The Rara, now in collaboration, integrated the names of the diplomats in their brand new spy accusations and derisive ballads. Cape Haiti did not sleep, the drums rolled all night long as every one stayed busy, discussing, debating, betting on the fate of the French diplomats.
The next day the crowd, more than tripled in size, came to witness the proceedings. Now, thousands of people gathered at the bottom of the mountain where the palace San Souci stood. passing out candies and all sort of goodies provided by the king. Inside the courtyard, the deliberations began; and after reciting all the crimes and offenses committed by the French State, the court paused and rested. A wave of low murmurs ran across the crowds and witnesses. King Henri suddenly rose and pointed his finger toward the suspects, everyone got very quiet, you could of hear a pin drop. Apparently the king was very angry as he loudly pronounce the final judgment with the following "As the representatives of such a criminal state with such an audacious and insulting mission", shouted the sentence "You are all condemned to death". The crowd, no longer controllable, erupted in a prolonged, sustained thunderous roar, with the African drums rolling, boiling outside in concert as the news spreads like wild fire.. The diplomats were then immediately blindfolded, tied up, and led to be executed. The funny part was they did not walk. While still seated, they were seized, manhandled, forced on their feet, then abruptly lifted off their feet, and raised up high in the air, and carried away in that fashion by a team of very strong giant court officers. They all urinated their pants. The king was extremely amused and enjoyed every minute of the grand spectacle . Poor diplomats, they were absolutely in the dark. They were not executed however, They were escorted back to the frontier, unblinded and unbounded with a personal warning that they would die if they ever were found in these parts again and then given the battlefield message to Louis XVIII.......... .........Insight into the Black General's sense of humor.
Please note there is more to this Franco's story. Read the surprising ending in the gangster Mackau story who started successfully the first "Gun Boat Diplomacy" robbery by western powers..
And what made Christophe stand in that position? The fact is as simple as it was the spirit of the time. The revolution was still alive. Since Dessalines' days, coastal defenses and fortifications were already established and fully manned, and the coastal batteries were full to overflowing, ready, cocked, and loaded. Please see the documentary by Jacques Cousteau about Haiti's coastal exploration. In 1814, the terrible citadel La Ferriere was 3/4 finished. The newly built forts in the south and west and north were commissioned by the state under Dessalines's order, with a coordinated nationwide plan of defense in case of any invasion. Everything was operational. As for the mullatoes, they never took Dessalines's leadership seriously. Dessalines was uneducated and did not believe in French culture. They never shared his vision . They just rode along it, never had the gusto to propel Haiti forward. When the time came to show what they were made of, they frozed, they soiled their pants. They never made use of the force they had, only against the black populace, to deny them their Haitian equal rights. Maybe it was their plan all along to sell our future for their comfort. In their hearts they adored the French and mimicked after them in all sort of farcicalities. They truly wish they were French and be accepted as French. They still do today.
The negotiations that started under Petion came to a dramatic conclusion in 1825. King Louis XVIII died in September 16th 1824. his younger brother Charles Philippe took the throne as King Charles X and immediately declared himself and his rule "DIVINE". Go figure how he made such claim. European royalty bloodline asserting their right to rule. He declared his mission was to put the final nail on "The French Revolution Coffin" once and for all. He continued the same policies of Louis XVIII. He dispatched diplomat and Admiral Ange Rene Armand, Baron de Mackau, a formidable naval officer with 14 brig-ships. A brig-ship is a large war frigate with multiple decks, 3 to 5 decks, all loaded with cannons on all sides of the ship. A veritable terror-inspired ship with over 15 to 30 cannons on each deck. It was with these ships in the Port au Prince's Harbor, coward mulatto President Boyer signed away Haiti's future on the afternoon of April 15th, 1825. Please see the picture below.
Toussaint had engraved this truth in the black generals' skulls "There is no maximum humiliation, degradation and dehumanization the European powers won't visit upon you once they are absolutely certain that you cannot defend yourself". What do you think all the obsession with defense was about in the first years after independence? They knew the French would come back. Dessalines had ordered fortifications to be erected all over Haiti. The fact that Dessalines made all the generals swear allegiance to unity and renounce France forever. The mulattoes killed him and reversed course. They betrayed Haiti. All they ever wanted was to replace European power with their own. ....Remember the uprising led by Oge Vincent and Jean Baptiste Chavannes in late 1790? Maybe Chavannes, but that movement had no interest in slave liberation. The unmanly and cowardly behavior of Oge was well documented during his trial, his main defense and argument were that he did no want freedom for the blacks and he fully supported slavery. He reminded the court that he was a proud financial contributor and a leading member of the militia that captured and hunted runaway slaves... Poor Oge, to no avail, he begged for mercy over and over again.. Even after sentencing, on his way to the gallows to be broken on the wheel, he was still crying and begging for mercy. still shouting that he did not want freedom for the blacks. It should also be noted that Chavannes did not put up any defense at all . He never uttered one word during his trial. He took all the charges and accusations inwardly, walked to his execution without saying one word. He screamed however on the bone snapping wheel..... Elas ....The betrayal of "The SWISS". Cannot forget that.(Remember the failed coup by mulatto brigadier general Jean Villate in October 1795, again Toussaint saved the colony for France using high diplomatic skills and show of force and was promoted to General of division)).... This was the trademark of Toussaint Louverture. Show of force was a tool he often used. In 1797 He captured a whole British brigade (2500 men) without firing a single shot....... Please see Toussaint's page. ....... He arrested then deported Villate.
The North, the center of Haiti's power was sapped out and neglected after king Henri's death. Down down down we go to our modern time. ..... Haiti's history needs to be revised. ..So many things even Haitians don't know. From Bois Caiman to the present. Real Haitians did not write the history of Haiti..... When Haiti was surrounded and under assault by 86 ships of war, the largest armed forces to cross the Atlantic, during Napoleon's invasion. One of these ships was a corvette named "Vertu". General Andre Rigaud, General Alexandre Petion, Jean Pierre Boyer, Nicolas Geffrard, Borno Deleard, Jean Louis Villatte, Quarrier Lariviere and Birot, and others, all high-ranking mulatto officers on board coming to take revenge against Toussaint Louverture. For they were totally defeated and humiliated two years prior by Toussaint in the "War of the South" dubbed "the war of the knives".
It must be noted that the reason why this particular war was named "War of the Knives" is because after the canons and muskets were exhausted, the charging combatants hurled at each other with knives, rocks, muskets with bayonets attached, anything that could be used as a weapon, piercing, beating and slashing away. Elas for those handheld weapons, the knives themselves became dull due to being overused and abused. Then all humanity was disregarded in the end. The victorious soldiers regardless of rank were seen standing with wide open oversized eyes, with blood dripping from their mouths and teeth, and fingers and fingernails red with blood, making very awful, angry grimaces and growling noises. Civil war and domestic violence are the same. The participants have no limits......
But where did all that valiantry originated from? The mulattoes, in many of the losing battles, refused to surrender, fought to the very last man, to their death. The answer is too long and would take too much space. Please see the page regarding Toussaint's dealing with one of France's greatest diplomats "Gabriel comte D'Hedoulille" a General of Division, a nobleman from Louis XVI era. A pure French Marquis with unsurpassed military skills. he earned the title of "Pacifier of the Vendee". The Vendee was the most dangerous and persistent center of counter-revolution in France To pacify that turbulent province of France required great diplomatic, administrative and military talents of a high order. He was believed to be well-fitted to deal with Toussaint Louverture before France was able to send an army large enough. On March 27, 1798 he arrived with three war ships including a large party of administrative and military experts. What happened next was a diplomatic collision on a grand scale that rapidly cascaded into insults, verbal abuses, menaces, finger pointing and all sort of absurdities never heard or seen or read before in all the annals of diplomacy. Very dramatic and comical...... Please, please don't miss it, read the rest on General Toussaint's page. One last thing about the Comte. It is how he managed to survive the guillotine of the French Revolution. He was from the noble class, a real Marquis serving the royal order, a true aristocrat. All is due to his diplomatic skills. He served France in all the turmoils, After Napoleon's demise he served Louis XVIII as well.....a real chameleon......Go figure.. ......
The gentle Toussaint simply deported or exiled the mulatto leaders instead of executing them. Toussaint's top lieutenant, his nephew Yachinte Moise warned Toussaint of this decision. Moise should be known as one of the foremost leaders of that period. Much more powerful than Dessalines or Christophe. The only general who had the skills to defeat the great Toussaint Louverture on the battlefield. I call him "the boy soldier". A little Napoleon, became a general at 19 years old and died at 29. I will have to dedicate a page to him. Very, very sad story. Big career mistake by Toussaint in my opinion.
u Back to the story, Those mulattoes on board were not ordinary men, there were much more richer than the regular whites. They were from wealthy planters and slave owners' families. They were for the most part educated in France. And as officers, they were part of the Templar Order, Freemasons. Many wore wigs on their heads to make them appear more white. The reason I mention them is because they were all signatories to the young nation paying France unbelievable sum of money for generations to come, so they can continue believing that they are French and send their kids to France for education, partaking in French culture ect..., thus maintaining a caste system in Haiti, thus settled the nation with exorbitant debts even great powers at the time did not have. So whenever you hear Haiti mentioned as the poorest nation in the Western Hemisphere, you have to link it to this deal. Also whenever you hear about Haiti as the first black republic, it is also a farse. It was them. they started it. The republic was the death of the revolution. Haiti became a poor beggar nation under the republic. Toussaint, Dessalines and Christophe were the keepers of the flame and the dreams of our ancestors. Even Soulouque, the second emperor, knew what needed to be done. Haiti began as an empire not a republic. The role of mulattoes in any black empire would be limited and minimal.
The republic never benefited the black masses. The republic was rigged from the start by Petion and his comrades. maybe 10 percent of the population living in opulence but the rest 90 percent are in living in a survival existence and below survival existence. It was a matter of time before the anarchy of the present time would manifest.
That apartheid system that started under the republic still exists today in Haiti and in all other Latin American republics or states. The French master still lives in the educated Haitian head today. All the civil wars and social tensions, ancient and modern, are related to this unsettled affair. Legacy of our mulatto brothers resulting in our recolonization, where they joined forces with foreign settlers to finish us off. Remember, they collaborated with the invaders of 1915. And when the invaders left, who did they left in charge to rule and oppress us? Check it out. They shredded what was left of our constitution and sovereignty. Haiti became for sale. It also must be noted that, Alexandre Petion, the very first president of the republic, declared himself president for life with all authority with the right to chose his successor. The exact same thing the mulattoes were denying Christophe of, "POWER". Jean Pierre Boyer the next mulattoe president also declared himself president for life. Now you see?.......Christophe tried but did not possess the military skills as a Toussaint, Moise or Dessalines to set them right. He was an excellent military officer but not in the caliber of the core officers of Toussaint. He was not formed by Toussaint. He joined Toussaint as an officer under the French colonial government of Laveaux in 1794. He remained a colonel under Toussaint for quite sometime. Became General in 1798. He replaced Moise in 1801 as commander of the Northern Department. He had Petion's forces cornered at Port au Prince, with Petion himself and many officers severely wounded by the advances of the old revolutionary regiments, but he lacked patience and ended the siege in January 1807. Saint Marc became the demarcation point between North and south. These important details should be pointed out in the history books. Under their rule, the Mulatto population unemployment was less than 5% and all the whites that survived Dessalines were 100% employed and with open invitations to the French to resettled Haiti with all kind of privileges. The statistics just mentioned reflect all of Latin America to the very present. The vast majority of the black population was unemployed and lived in poverty.
But underneath all their structural economic and political and social control of things, a disturbing turbulence and tension persists. That unpredictable turbulent tension is the counterbalance to their illigitimate rule and their selfish, unnatural relation and regard to life itself. That turbulent tension is inbreeded in their DNA. So everything they touch and everywhere they go, they spread it, pollution and decay ect... have the potential to rise and to derail not just that island but the whole new world, "all the Americas" put together. There is a title and a prophecy regarding Haiti, I don't think even Haitians are aware of, it is that, little, tiny Haiti is not only the cradle but is also the grave of the new world... The cradle part we all know and marvel about but the grave part is totally unknown. What exactly does that mean or entails? I don't know I did not ask. It is not something I imagined but the mystics I met in Saut D'eau were convinced of this prophecy. Haiti must be kept bind tightly and securely confined for that very reason. Even the acting powers don't know what are they doing. It is all regulated by timely spirits. What do you say about this Joseph? Well....I only have one thing I to say about this and that is let the active forces of KARMA be let loose, unleashed and take their course. In realizing that there were never a new world. It never existed, the new world is an idiom, a falsehood and a scam. Once it is discovered as such, new realities emerges. Realities of a form of darkness disguised as enlightenment and a growing inferno disguised as progress. The growing inferno is now threatening not just life life as it is known but is challenging and is in direct conflict with the very order that regulates this universe, with a vengeful, degenerate industrial criminality that have reached a planetary scale. This devastating torturous criminality has for quite some time surpassed all international, and intercontinental scales. Their lawlessness against the universal order are increasingly more dangerous then ever as species of human, animals and vegetation are under direct extinction threat......... ...the Interuniversals and Interdimensionals might be forced to manifest and intervene directly to uphold the honor of their order.
Please keep in mind the blacks of the island, after they freed it, simply give the island back its original name. That was the island's name in the time of Queen Anacaona before Christopher Columbus. "Haiti" means "Mountains beyond Mountains".
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My previous intention was to have fun with our black general's sense of humor or the lack thereof in the first week of February 1802, upon sighting the French fleet carrying the expeditionary forces of Napoleon Bonaparte off the coast of Cape Haiti. The intense drama that unfolded between the civilian population, the French forces onboard their ships and our Good General, is immensely entertaining. The violent mood swings in the atmosphere registered underground as well. And let me tell you, they were off the charts, signaling yet another powerful eruption from the revolutionary volcano. And yes, I was there, ever present, making all the necessary observations, paying close attention to every little details, with my charts and instruments, my richter scale in hand, measuring each swing with absolute precision enabling me to make all the good and accurate predictions.
Elas, we will save it for another day, another page.
Because of the pertinent request of the visitor and reader who kept asking over and over the same question, we will slice another piece of history for you instead.... To be continued.
Seated at the table, Diplomat and admiral Ange Rene Armand, Baron de Mackau ordering General Jean Pierre Boyer president of Haiti to sign the treaty of 1825 with 14 powerful warships in the harbor threatening to unload their cargo on the city in any case of refusal on April 15th, 1825 Port au Prince Haiti.
As a young boy I often heard Boyer, the longest serving president referred to as the worst president in Haitian history. Even worst then the genocidal Duvalier who was given the green light to extinguished the communism ideology from Haiti where a whole generation perished. But Haiti, under Boyer, had its testicles cut off, unable to renew or reproduce itself anywhere...... Returning back,, running back to your slave master is a spirit killer, a revolution killer move, wouldn't you say?... The promised empire, the negro freedom that was supposed to spread the world over was over.....
The fact is that, very early the mullatoes gave signs of intent to negotiate at the very first attempt by King Louis XVIII in 1814 under Petion. The mulattoes had since then sent a number of delegations themselves to France to try to start to negotiate a deal but not for the amounts and conditions Admiral Mackau was asking now. Remember who was Jean Pierre Boyer. His father was a very rich and powerful French slaveowner. He was educated in France and was highly connected. He had friends in high places in France before and after 1804. In 1822 after Petion's death he send a mission to France for that very purpose headed by old friend, the French Brigadier General Pierre Francois Xavier Boie, serving at the time in the government of Louis XVIII. The king of France wanted more money than Boyer was willing to dish out. That mission failed.
What do you say about that Joseph?... well, I was and am a traveling observer. I could do nothing physically but report what I see or saw to different spheres or the spheres witnessing thru my senses. But knowing the spirit of the revolution I can tell you what any general guided by that spirit would of done. You already know the stance of General Christophe King Henri about this affair.
The black general would not have any negotiation, contact, trade, or anything whatsoever to do with the French. Total divorce..... There is a proverb in Haitian folklore that says: If you are on the devil's path or sight. "You say good morning to the devil, he eats you. You don't say good morning, he still eats you." So the best way to deal with the devil is not to be in his sight or path. In other words, you play with fire, the fire will burn you. The fact of the matter was, total divorce from France was never in the mulattoes's plans, and thru the initial contacts, the French knew their weakness. This weakness is genetically inbreed, so it cannot be hidden. The mullatoes claim they had no choice but to negotiate. But I say there is always the option of "RESISTANCE". This was the card we played with since 1791. That card was useless to them. The consequences that are associated with the use of that card were too much for them to handle. They did not have the fortitude to endure pain . The death and destruction unleashed by the aggressors would only make Haiti's honor shine even greater and national consciousness reaches higher heights.. That part did not click in their DNA...... And this is the exact point or moment where Haiti deviated from it's natural course. Please note that, the path taking by Central Africa today in our modern times to cut off ties with Colonial France, Toussaint Dessalines and Christophe achieved that the late 18th early 19th century.
Toussaint Dessalines and also Christophe knew that national sovereignty and power had to be held and secured by the state and not by rich barons with outsider or international influences. Under Toussaint Dessalines and Christophe, the unemployment rate under their rule was 0%..... And how is that Mr Cantave? Well, it is very simple. It was the law. It was illegal for any individual male or female under 50 to be unemployed. Each citizen had options to decided what employment they wanted. The state was rich with all the fields being cultivated etc. hundreds of plantations booming with productivity, and coffee in the mountains, the cities and ports bustling with commercial activities. Where do you think all the money to buy all the weapons came from? Freedom is not free. It never was. Two third of the population, more than 300,000 Haitians died as payment for that freedom It cost also to maintain it as well. Also with 0 % unemployment, crimes were almost non-existent as all the youth were fully engaged in education and work. The whole population occupied, busy and on the move. Also, the state always had some sort of large projects which hired 10's of thousands of people, building roads, public works, and constructing enlarging cities ect..
The republic under its founder Petion had more than 70% of the black masses unemployed. And the mulattoes looked at the North's success and claimed they were practicing slavery in the North.. In my opinion the republic was and is a failure, the whole country or state became an idle peasantry with no education and no future. A few years later under the republic: hundreds of thousands Haititans were contributing to other nations economies . In Cuba , in the Bahamas, in Dominican republic: Haitians in the thousands, were toiling and working for almost nothing without any human rights in the cane fields of other countries. Sometimes they were outright massacred with impunity, without any consequences. Do you actually think with a Toussaint or a Dessalines or a Christophe around such things could happened to Haitians? 100% employment on Haitian soil was their solution. The fertile soil of Haiti was a tresor to them. At the height of his power, Toussaint Louverture, when he felt secured in the abolition of slavery in Haiti, he opened the door for investments and welcomed even former colonists to invest. After some of the richest men of the times visited Haiti and were overwhelmed by the high standard of life in haiti under his rule, were complimenting Toussaint on the creations new highways, ports and expansions of cities ect.. Toussaint responded. In is own words:
" We would not wish, gentlemen, to be taken for African savages; we are more capable and competent than any whites to harness Haiti's resources to its benefit and future. The Negro's freedom can only be consolidated and respected by means of agricultural prosperity"....
Today, the republic of Haiti cannot even feed itself. Poor beggar nation...... How sad.
But to historians, they regard the republic as the right path to modern society and good civilization. But exactly where did that republic lead us to? It led us to dishonor, shame and humiliation in 1825 to a weak, poor and failed state that resulted in invasion and occupation from 1915 to 1934 and then that invasion gave us the old sweet goodies of DEMOCRACY. And that is exactly where we are at today, brain drained and in exodus mode. It led to a level of corruption that is just incomprehensible and where citizenship is totally debased, having no meaning or value. And at the same time democracy is selling Haiti wholesale, liquidational, all the seacoasts and islands are now in foreign hands. Under the first constitution not even one inch of Haitian land could be sold to any foreigner.. Poor Jean Bertrand Aristide, the Catholic preist, he had no idea how to handle the class differences of Haiti and how to purge the army like all presidents in history have done before. He also did not know who he was dealing with in international affairs. (VULTURES on a dead animal). They played him like a trumpet. After the IMF and World Bank loaded him with fresh unpayable loans, they had him initiate a campaign to privatized the state's assets and to finish Haiti off, they had him demilitarized Haiti, in one big stroke, eliminated the armed forces all together, living Haiti vulnerable to the formations of gangs and prey to international terrorism. Poor Aristide, he did not know if he was coming or going. He just could not lead or govern. Haitian society already fractured, totally collapsed under his rule. They gave him ( US State Department) "Black Water" for personal security, a private paramilitary organization. A Mujahideen or Isis sort of organization. You have seen Black Water in action in Afghanistan and Iraq? Criminals, none state actors just like any paid to hire terrorist groups used by Western powers. They go by a different name now. It was funny how they paraded Aristide around in the streets of the capital in Port au Prince, what a show. He was not even aware of his own humiliation not to say Haiti as a whole. Well, in a short period of time when they grew tired of playing with him. They send a few mercenaries via Dominacan Republic, just a few terrorist as the signal and then The sate Department withdrew or recall Black Water back to the States and Aristide was left standing alone and naked for all to see. Any one with eyes on geopolitics can see the playbook in action. A largo cargo plane send with his name on it landed in the Duvalier Airport to escort him out. Haiti have been blinded and rendered impotent for quite sometimes . Not able to submit an independent vote, request or investigation or anything in the UN. They then deposed Aristide, deported his ass far far far away to South Africa. What a fool. Haiti, already a failed state was now crippled for good. They shewed him like a piece of gum then spitted him out... Please do not forget he is the one who brought "MINUSTHA" to Haiti.
Now to present day Haiti, a new UN mission is again active in Haiti in 2024. continuing the looting in.... let me ended it here before I get myself in trouble.... One last thing, I'm against both, the gangs and the ruling elite. They are both tools of the same master. Mark my word, Downtown Port au Prince will be just a memory. I don't know when, but, after all the gangs are finally cleared out. All the waterfronts areas will be taking over by foreigners. Yes, Marche Croix des Bossales, meaning in English "Market of the Savages" is a historical site. I think I mentioned this on the site somewhere, it is where the artist Robert Bresil was killed. This gigantic outside market adjacent to a very large port was, before 1791, the largest slave market in the Caribbean if not in the New World, it is where the slaves ships arrived first. Repeat. this area and all waterfront areas will be in foreign hands. The puppet president Martelly had already put in action a law compare to "Eminent Domain" where the state take vast territory away from the locals for other use. See? all the slums including Carrefour where the gangs have full control ae all prime real estates located on the water front.
Back, back to our story. According to the historians, Toussaint was a dictator. Christophe and Dessalines were negative anomalies that should not have been in existence. They might as well say the same about the slave revolt, as if saying that were better as happy slaves. The slave revolt produced Toussaint and Dessalines and they founded Haiti with the motto "Haiti for Haitians", and they ruled accordingly regardless of the mode of government.. The republic was not native born. It is an outsider entity. The first empire or the first kingdom of the new world sounds better to me than the first black republic regardless how comical that sound at present. At least it would remind Haitians how far they have fallen and what they have lost.
Exercising power by and on a just-freed people from chattel slavery has to be absolute, at least for several generations while developing at their own pace and terms, elevating its education to at least a literate and conceptual level, without outsider interference. Social controls and ownership or democratic private controls ideas should take roots only in a well organized, well informed and educated populace. Without those perimeters these ideas are just lethal poisons to a culture or society.
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As far as Mackau on land, I just cannot see it happening. Macau would have known how risky that would be for him and his entourage. Also, I cannot see the warships in the harbor either. And How they would enter without being molested by the coastal batteries? It was forbidden since Toussaint's time for any warship to enter any Haitian ports without authorization. Now with the installations of batteries in all the harbors by Dessalines for this very purpose of barring entry for such ships. So they would be in open waters with some distance away. And if they enter by force, opening fire, that would produce a chain of actions and reactions resulting in the same rejection.... Ok, Let's suppose Mackau was granted an audience.. , he would be asked exactly how powerful the ships were, what distance the cannon fire will reach, and what exactly did the French want, what was their intentions. After learning and knowing that the intent was the destruction of the city and the magnitude of the money demands. They would internalize it as a declaration of war. Mackau and his entourage would at minimum not be permitted to go back on board, regardless of how much personal security he landed with.. This whole affair would be bungled into a full blown emergency, intense, dangerous, fever pitch crisis with death looming in the air, as the black general with red eyes rising to the occasion, once again, rallying the public and the troops with cries of war and of sacrifice, as orders going out in all directions to evacuate the city immediately. Door-to-door soldiers would in turn be giving the citizens orders to live and telling them exactly why they had to flee, public participation was very important., bracing the collective union for destructive impact as woman shrieks piercing the air . And the public itself, fearful, threatened, in a state of high alert and on the edge of panic, would be demanding actions. And. soon after, the Black General with his eyes, now, shining, glowing bright red, delivers. Like the echoing, rolling of deafening thunder, the roar of canons would start pounding heavily on everyone's heart, inundating and numbing all human voices and emotions of fear and anguish, as a total resignation and a clear realization emerges and settled inside everyone, that we have no choice but to gather collective strength and courage to survive this threat as we did many times before. I imagine two or three ships as least would get sunk since the coastal batteries, all of them would open fire first, blasting, full boar..... Forcing the French to respond fire. Just one city lost would not mean anything. The high honor those generals lived and ruled by would rather turn everything, not just one city, into dust including themselves rather than lose a little fraction of that honor. That kind of state gangsterism cannot work on the black general. Dessalines, after the evacuation of civilians, would of gather all the gun and cannon pounders he could and explode the city himself in magnificent fashion to get attention and send the negotiating or not negotiable point across. As if to say, communicating psychologically "Please wait a minute, we are just preparing the ground for negotiations". After the the Brig ships finish unloading their deadly cargo. Mackau and his entourage would then be seen as criminals and murderers facing public hanging or be let loose to an angry, bloody populace now homeless to have their way. And afterwards the black generals would be happily debating on how long the RaRa should be let out. Celebration of Victory would be in order, as the national flag beams with glory. Remember the ships did not have thousands of troops on board. They can only destroy lives and infrastructures from a distance. The generals would rather suffer serious, heavy losses and save Haiti's honor. Don't take my word for it. Please read archives documents of Toussaint Louverture himself, the great peacemaker when his honor and authority were challenged by the largest force to sail from Europe to the new world. Late February 1802 Toussaint orders to his generals:
Toussaint gave a letter to his nephew Lieutnant Bernard Chancy to colonel Dommage commanding the city of Jeremie in the south department:
"I have given orders to Brigadier General Laplume to set fire to Les Cayes, to all other towns, and to plantations in the plains, when he is no longer in a position to defend them. The garrisons of these towns and cultivators will come to swell your forces at Jeremie. You and General Laplume should come to an understanding regarding the best way to carry out these measures."
Toussaint also wrote an order to destroy lives but biographers neglected to add it in their books because they refused to acknowledge the dark side of Toussaint.
Toussaint wrote:
"The whites of France have united with those of the colony to deprive us of our liberty..... Don't trust the whites, They will betray you if they can. Consequently, I give you carte blanche. Whatever you do will be well done."
After losing half of the army due to French bribes and false promises, and these were all troops of the line and disciplined. They joined the French with a large cavalry and artillery. One defected general alone defected with 300 pieces of artillery(cannons of all sizes mounted on wheels). That did not discourage Toussaint one bit. His marroon spirit had taken over. Toussaint wrote to his friend and principal Lieutenant, General Jean Jacques Dessalines commanding the the Department of the West which Port au Prince was a city of:
"There is no reason to despair, Citizen General, if you can succeed in depriving the troops that have landed of the resources of Port Republicain (now Port au Prince). Endeavor by force or cunning to set fire to the city. It is entirely built of wood, so a few faithful emissaries should be able to do the work. Are there not men under your command sufficiently devoted for this service? Ah, my dear General, what a misfortune that there was a traitor in that city and that your orders and mine were not carried out.
Wait for the moment when the garrison will have been weakened by expeditions into the plains, and then try to take the city by surprise.
Do not forget that while we await the rainy season, which will deliver us from our enemies, fire and destruction remain our only resource. Bear in mind that soil bathed with our sweat and blood must not be allowed to furnish the enemy with any means of subsistence. Render the roads impassable. Throw corpses of men and horses into all the wells. Order everything burned and destroyed, so that those who have come to enslave us may have constantly before their eyes an image of that hell they so richly deserve."
Written by Toussaint Louverture in February 1802
Toussaint Louverture made General Jean Jacques Dessalines and he knew exactly how to push Dessalines's buttons. Any orders received from Toussaint, the obedient general would take them to the far extremes. As far as the "hell picture order" is concern, Dessalines's men would kill entire towns, men women children and beasts alike, and during inspections Dessalines would be left unsatisfied with the picture as some buildings were still standing, going into a rage, he ordered his men cut the human corpses limb by limb, torsos, and severed heads and all etc.. and distributed those in the town squares and all the incoming roads, then split the belly of the torsos open, then reset fire to these towns again, this time reducing them totally to ashes to welcome the invaders. True story not legend. And this is why during negotiation with Lecler, everyone was commissioned and accepted to join the French forces expect Dessalines. Now you see the irony of history? Toussaint, as the gambler that he was, threatened to break off negotiation and Dessalines was accepted. And its not about race either, it's just the nature of the man, part human part monster. The monster part , legends have it, is the flesh incarnated male counterpart of goddess "Maitresse Erzulie", transformed into her vengeful state with red eyes. After all languages and warnings are exhausted, her language becomes unbridle rage and destruction. Erzulie red Eyes or Dessalines is the concept eventuality of the last straw that broke the camel's back. Resulting in the worst fearful unimaginale outcome. Dessalines history is a very important part of the Trans-Atlantic slave trade and should be teach in school. Earth itself is Erzulie still in her innocent stage.
Back to our story, In 1795 after Special agent, Commisionaire Santhonax with his idea of freedom without responsibility, distributed over 5 thousand bayonets and muskets to the black population, the colony became destabilized as a result. Brigands and robbers took over the high roads and city street crimes were everywhere. Toussaint then deported the Comissionaire and ordered His nephew General Moise and General Dessalines to different departments to clean the mess, soon after, all the roads were lined up with hundreds, not just hanged brigands but the brigands leaders were all impaled next to large piles of muskets to complete the view. now you see?
Please note that under the Black General rules, not just spying and treason were punishable by death, cowardness was also. Also in 1801 after the treaty with the British, after buying tons of weapons from them, and after re education of the masses, Toussaint armed the entire populace, everyone.
Please note also, that all the mullatoe officers sided with the French against Toussaint.
Now let's revisit the Final paragraph of French diplomats Dauxion Lavaysse and Franco de Medina who came with the mission to negotiate Haitian Independence away. I told you a detail account of both diplomats activities in Haiti in 1814. I don't know which one you were in favor of, but I'm very sad to inform you Franco De Medina did not make it. If you use Google or use any internet search engines you will find Dauxion Lavaysse continued in his career as a successful diplomat in the serivice of France. He was born in 1770 and died peacefully in 1826. As for Franco de Medina, the last account of him being alive was during his arrestation in 1814 by king Henri the first of Haiti. Franco never left the island. Franco and his entourage were summarily executed after the trial, but the Bayonet message did reach the authorities of France.
That is the reason why they renewed their efforts only after King Henri's death.
And I know what the mulattoes did later. They were adamantly opposed to Dessaline's stance regarding the French. But they all had agreed to Dessalines leadership in the great war, and as Emperor afterwards and him having all state power and authority concentrated in his person. After 1804 Dessalines took genocidal actions against all French citizens remaining in Haiti, including men women, and children. He called it "Racial Vengeance." In his deranged or rearranged mind that was his solution. I do not agree with this action of genocide, plus it did not work. Take a look at us now. But I understand why he did it. He just wanted a clean break from France, no loose ends.
That turned the mulattoes against him. And they immediately started plotting against him. In a tour of the south, the Emperor find out some ports were operating outside the state's rules, not paying taxes and selling precious wood to foreigners, trading secretly with the French behind his back. And that was totally forbidden by his administration. Dessalines had all those ports, merchandises and all burn to the ground. They knew who Dessalines was and he would not permit such activities to go unpunished. He fired a vast number of public servants in the South, and that set the mullatoes crazy. But they knew they could not make war against the Emperor. He defeated them in the "War of the Knives". Yes that was Dessalines that Toussaint send to deal with them in that bloody civil war. This time Dessalines would of surely exterminate them all. So cunningly, like packs of Hyenas, they set up an ambush and assassinated the emperor in his leasure time on October 17th, 1806. And to make sure that he was dead, they cut his majesty's body in a thousand pieces. The South celebrated and claim that "Just24 hour prior they were all trembling day or night". Poor Christophe, he did not participate but knew and kept quiet because he was promised to replace Dessalines. Poor Christophe, he was betrayed as well. That was when Haiti split into North and South. The mullatoes were very good in conspiring, and dividing, in supressing the black populace as second class citizens and in kissing and licking the French's derriere, but they were very poor in national unity and in the use of arms. They did not possess the spirit. They, never, were slaves. The revolution was not theirs. They were not followers of Toussaint Louverture.
They had the exact same ideas for Haiti as the Europeans had. Santhonax had this kind of freedom in mind and that was why that policy failed when Revolutionary France abolished slavery in the colonies. Freedom with the option of doing nothing cannot work on a slave. Yes, this is great for an already matured, successful, independent, educated individual, society or any consciously aware entity. But a generation of people that was born into and lived most of their lives in chattel slavery will without blinking an eye, choose the doing nothing option every time, and be comfortable in ignorance, poverty and all that encompasses for generations after generations.. And this is what the black general who himself was a slave, knew and was doing all he could to set the path of the slaves. And that path wasn't going to idle peasantry where many adults don't even know how to count from 1 to 50. It was a path of freedom thru work and elevation to a real independent, strong statehood status, which no other nation can push around or abuse Haiti ever again.. A state that blacks around the world could look up to and be inspired by.
Freedom thru work remind me of the song by Jamaican legendary artist Bob Marley with the song titled "WORK". That form or method of governing the former slaves started under Toussaint. I think that it could of of been a model to end slavery of Africans worldwide. Our very personal and bodily constitution and well being requires our blood to run inside our bodies and our muscles needs movements. Work is a major part of our make up. MOVEMENT not just individually but collectively as well. That was part of our constitution going to thousands of years before recorded history, if not hundreds of thousands of years as legends have it. Legends have it that, in our deep past, we were chosen, fashioned to be part of the workforce directly commissioned, working for the Universal Order with and for the Interuniversals. Once united, the connection will rekindled again. And there will be nothing, no obstacles on earth or heaven can prevent us from our inheritance and heritage. And Earth is just part of this heritage. We are part and parcel of the animal kingdom. They all are our distant family. So when one goes extinct, a family member goes extinct. The sun, moon, the planets and all the stars have a direct relationship with us, even tough we have lost these understandings. The first Haitians, the Awarwaks were tortured and killed just for their aknwlegment of the life forces enamating from the Sun, Moon, Rivers, Stars, Trees, Animals. They just could not accept any other spiritual entity outside their own. They just could not grasp the ideas of heaven the Spaniards were forcing upon them. Heaven, to them was their way of life, the greatest blessing or gift from heaven to them was the yearly pilgrimages to the spiritual center of the island, to the Kingdom of Queen Anacaona the Chosen of the Semis. Where they would celebrate days at a time in unsiion with their Semis and eating delicious sweet mangoes and apricots. Haiti have the best mangoes you know? So every time you eat a Haitian Mangoe please know you have in your hand a special gift from the family of Semis. A token from heaven.... One last thing about Queen Anacaona is that..... I will have to dedicate a page to her.. One last ting is that, after her execution which was and still is very painful to the soul of Haiti. It was just like they sacrifice a Jesus Christ, like a Buddha or a Mohammed. Born into royalty, she inherited a kingdom as a child. .She grew up and as she was transforming into adulthood her kingdom was also transformed by into something unique and magical. Her rule, her interaction with her people and the spiritual nature of her kingdom made her a living goddess in the eyes of Haitians. In all interactions, any phrases or conversations started and ended with giggles by her priests. Now imagined why it was every Haitian dream to visit her kingdom in the festivals. It must of been a real happy time.... Elas
The manner of how they tricked and killed her is still very painful to all true Haitians. The fire the Spaniards set burnt alive many of her dancers, drummers, royal family members, Her court, and priests. Her subjects and her servants just could not go on. By the thousands they committed suicide. They would kill their own children first and then themselves. In all sort of ways including hurling themselves off mountain cliffs waves after waves ect... Never recorded before in all of history or annals of religion. The whole world in my opinion should know her story. Anacaona meaning the Golden Flower in Awarwak, died in the flower of her youth, in her 20's. "Coyaba" which was a passive Awawak word meaning "Eternal Sleep" was now on every followers' lips. The conquistadors wanted to break the early Haitian Spirit. They very much accomplished that in this barbaric act.. But they did not expect the complete rejection of their rule. Her people preferred death outside her rule, death over subjugation. The tears of Haiti flows and continue to flow like a river.
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The general's vision was to Raise the status of each generation to it's full potential, rising higher and higher toward the summit of the unified oneness, finally leading, leading humanity itself to it's real purpose, and that is to be as one with the heavens, Heaven looking at itself vise versa in communion. When that occurs our very bodies, language and spirit becomes technological instruments. And not using death cults, destructive, polluted, gross metal mechanics to forcibly go into space to colonize and continue the carnage and looting in other forms, but using true and harmonious mathematical knowledge to inviting and welcoming Outerspace to come down freely to us, thus sharing with us all her secrets, just like matter is weightless in outerspace, that condition under advanced and harmonious technology can also be duplicated here down on Earth. Where matter infuse with spirit can rise, move or dance in harmony with space. Unbounded and unimaginable amount of energy flowing freely and naturally for its right purpose. Magic in use on an industrial scale. Space travel would be a reality. Movement would be made thru commands of language of a higher form of mathematical order and consciousness infuse with real DIVINITY and outside the boundaries of space and time.. The whole universe is consciousness, so are you. You'll be be at home anywhere and everywhere. Eternity would be in the palm of your hand. This is what civilization was suppose to be about.
Instead we are being fed and led like cattle to the slaughter house. The whole Earth is sacrificed under the altar of the all consummating and ultimate vice of greed with no bottom and all that it entails as it becomes an uncontrollable galactical monster consuming life itself out of existence.
The Black General at the summit of his power as Emperor or King have his projection to the outside world, his motto, words inscribed on his Coat of Arms.
"I live in God and God lives in me (Spirit). I rise from my own ashes. I rise from nothingness. I rise from the unknown abyss."
Glory to the Black General
Let that statement sink in and simmer, the Phoenix rises once again...... . Opening the Sphinx's eyes.
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In June 1794, Toussaint Louverture, after becoming the first black general in the French army and his exploits on the battlefield became known, he earned the title"The First of the Black Race" in France and in Haiti as well. Napoleon Bonaparte, coming from Egypt with fresh military victories made a successful coup and supplanted the Directory in France and came up with a form of government called the Consulate and named himself "The First Consul" in November 1799. The First Consul of France in Haiti meant "the first of the white race". Hence the comparison began. Dessaline, after replacing Toussaint during the great war, was now regarded in Haiti as the first of the black race.
When the news reached in Haiti that Napoleon was proclaimed Emperor Napoleon on the first of May 1804, Haiti imagined the first of the whites is crowned Emperor, and Dessaline the first of the blacks should also be crowned Emperor. A nationwide petition was underway to make Haiti an empire. Dessaline refused at first but the nation would not accept. He was crowned Emperor Jacques the first on October 6th, 1804. Under great ceremony. The whole nation rejoiced, idolating, and cherishing his majesty. Legends have it that all the gods including the Semis celebrated and gave their blessings on that day.. When asked how he would like to proceed with the formation of his court and nobles, he said " we won't need any of that. I'm the one and only noble of Haiti". The public was delighted, the masses adored him. He is the one who renamed the country Haiti you know? Reconnecting the land to its pre-Columbus source. Gave us a constitution most unique in the history of nations. Our own rules according to ourselves, our sentiments and our nature. And he set the plan as the path we should adopt for our future.
from my own insight into our Emperor's mind? He also speak while shaking his head and with a sad face and a familiar smile, with a deep look that penetrates the skin and reaches the soul.
Directly to the present generation,
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==== No one is going to look at you like you look at yourself, understand you like you understand yourself, accept you like you accept yourself, love you like you love yourself, or raise you up like you raise yourself up. When are you going to learn, my people? You all are one.====
The first blacks to be free in the new world looked inside themselves, looked inside themselves very deeply inside the unknown abyss [ROOTS WITHOUT ENDS], and found and raised an Emperor of their own kind from their mist. Let China, France, England Russia and other nations have their Kings and Emperors etc.. We also have our own, who encompass our values, grandeur, and inspirations. who in our eyes is excellent, dignified, great enough to be freely given supreme power and authority to rule over us.
the Haitian emperor in his own words
" We have dared to be free. Let us dare to be so by ourselves and for ourselves".
Let that be said and extended like a beam of light to all Africans everywhere. May I say Amen
Jean Jacques Dessalines, the hero of the great War of Independence, he who has given his gift of "Vertieres" to all posterity. After the war, he was more powerful than a king. Yet when asked to chose a title, he wanted none other than that of his beloved chief and tutor Toussaint Louverture. He wanted to be associated to him. He said "Governor General for life" just like Toussaint.
Dessalines was an imposing figure well over 6ft tall, powerfully built. Before Toussaint gave him a branch of the army, he led the 500 dragoons personal security guards of Toussaint. The honor guards of Toussaint Louverture in the service of Spain in 1792
Dessalines was born a slave, not just any slave, a field slave at that. Because of his fiery spirit and loyalty, Toussaint kept him very closed to himself, made a great horseman, superb cavalryman out of him. As a soldier on the battlefield, when the cannons and muskets were already discharged, and the armies collided in close combat to the death, he would fight and kill 5 to 10 enemy soldiers on foot in sword fighting all at once by himself. He ruled the battlefield like a tornado. He was known to cut his opponent's head clean from his body with one single blow on the battlefield. Continuing fighting even when wounded. As general he became an excellent strategist and he inspired his men to acts of bravery seldom seen in the history of war. Dessalines died as Emperor. Glory, Glory, glory to Dessalines.
Poor, poor, poor Dessalines, I don't agree but I fully understand why you did the genocide in 1804.A campaign dubbed "Racial Vengeance". He did not necessarily wanted innocent European blood as foundation of Haiti like legends have it. The legends are terrible. They claimed that just like the first Europeans sacrificed the first Haitians to start their new world, Dessaline had to do the same to reborn Haiti.. It is some weird crazy spiritual stuff. Haiti no matter what condition it is in. There is way much more then what you see. I understand why he did it.
He simply wanted Haiti to have a fresh, brand new start. He wanted to make sure that France never, never again would have any foothold or interest in Haiti. He could of made the Independence Declaration as early as November 1803, but he waited until January 1st 1804 to aligned the birth of the nation with the start of the new year, and the 2nd day, January 2nd 1804 was as important as the 1st. That was the day reserved for the "Martyrs" and that wasn't just for the sacrifices made at Vertiere but that also included all sacrifices prior including the Awawaks in 1492 as well. That is why when we really celebrate the nation even in carnival, the first columns to roll out are the Awarwaks followed by the Slaves and then modern Haitians. "Glory to Dessalines". He also gave us the blueprint to go by, the first constitution. Glory, glory, glory to Dessalines. Haiti had died the day that constitution died. The flag as well. The Awarwak name Haiti, the flag and the first constitution are intertwined. They all go together as one masterpiece to last a thousand years. I don't even think all Haitians know the significance of the flag. It is the Tri-color of France. During the great war, when everyone submitted to his authority including the mulattoes, we had a real union, in Mai 1803, he was asked what flag the unified army should adopt on the battlefield, he took the French flag, the tri-color and rip it apart took the white out, throw it on the ground and stump his foot on it and had the red and the blue sued back up. He had giant blue and red flags waving and blowing everywhere on the battlefield attacking the French with a ferocity the French had never seen before, as if to say by signaling symbolically, communicating psychologically: just like we take the white out out of your flag, we are taking you out white men for coming here with this folly idea to enslave us again; He was the worst nightmare the French could ever imagine. The whole army became an extension of himself with all his traits and characteristics. Like a thunderbolt making land fall, he decimated their ranks. Soon after the creation of the flag the French were pinned down and were suffocated by the flag. Haiti became their final destination, their grave.. Yes, the distinguished legions who serve under and decorated by Napoleon himself and who have subdued the whole European continent are buried in Haiti.......
I understood why you did it. I understand, it was in your personal language of love towards us, making space for future generations, Feeling that it was your duty as father trying to give us, in your mind, the best chance possible to make it in a hostile world. We still here, trying, surviving, That space is now our refuge. And we love you too, Papa Dessalines...Amen