The Black general

     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 and timeless refuge. To the curious spirit, it is a veil, a symbol, a post, a point, or a cama Once reached, new worlds open 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 in a circle. Completion of each circle pushes you further along the path to greater circles. After reading the black general you'll have a better idea. The sum of Haitian art is an invitation to that mystery. 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". 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....  Great point in your head and outside your head to meditate on and see if you can make the connection and see if it opens up to you... entrance to different dimensions....

        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 metamorphosizing 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 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 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 Hispagniola, 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 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 at 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 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. Eventou Napoleon thought of himself as the great reformer and modernist of Europe, he believed it was his mission to raise Europe from Fuedalism. The Bouron saw him in a whole different light. They accused Napoleon as being an inferior, low-life commoner 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 regret Napoleon's sale of the Louisiana territory in 1803.  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.  

        I must say that If that had happened, 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 , "Libery Equality , Fraternty",  the core ideal of the French revolution would of spread like wild fire in the Americas. As for the Caribbean bassin, it would not matter whether English or Spanish colonies, Cuba Puero Rico etc..Jamaica, Barbedos, Greneda etc... For Toussaint's veterans it would be just a walk in the park. They all 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 under arms. The hundreds of 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 many of these were fat and out of shape and sometimes unruly and often deserted. Washington had to resort the harsh disciplinary measures to keep his army under orders. It was again the 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 thousands of negro slaves into fanatical  Buffalo Soldiers, infuse them with causes, thus in fact neutralizing the faithful militias with their causes.  The US, at minimum, would of lost all the southern slaves states. But with the Louisianna territory and the additional southern states inclusioned in the French Empire. It would be just a matter of time before the US caputilate under a continuous campaigne. 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 spirited buffalo soldiers in large numbers, a whole new dimention would have surfaced wich would have unpredictable consequences for all parties...... 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 effort from Toussaint even when Toussaint'st was France number one man in the colony. He firmly believed Toussaint was just a former 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 an fortunes.

 Dauxion Lavaysse and Franco de Medina, two French diplomats with their staff were dispatched 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 XIII. All kinds of promises were exchanged on all sides. The diplomats were given a big festy celebration in the end.......elas.

       As for Franco De Medina, he was despatched 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 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. 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 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. 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 rose 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. Since this is a unique case, we will have to adjust and create a new law for such a crime. Tomorrow you will get your just sentence," and 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 accusing and derisive ballads.

 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 court deliberated; and after reciting all the crimes and offenses committed by the French State, the court paused and rested. A wave of 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, went crazy in a prolonged, sustained thunderous roar, with the African drums rolling, boiling outside in concert. The diplomats were then immediately blindfolded, tied up, and led to be executed. The funny part was they did not walk. They were seized, manhandled, 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 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.

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 Dessaline's order, with a coordinated nationwide plan of defence in case of any invasion. Everything was operational. As for the mullatoes, they never took Dessalines's leadership seriously. Dessaniles was 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 denying 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. King Charles X took over and declared himself and his rule divine. Go figure how he made that claim. 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, 4 to 5 decks, all loaded with cannons on all sides of the ship. A veritable terror-inspired ship with over 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 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 genrerals 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 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 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 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, 1789 he arrived with three war ships including a large party of administrative and military experts. What happened next was a diplomatic collision on a scale that cascaded into insults, verbal abuses, menaces and other absurdities never heard or  seen or read before in all the anals of history. 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, 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..... 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 unbeleivable 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 exhorbitant 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. This category of people, 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 still exists today in Haiti. The French master still lives in the educated Haitian head. All the civil wars, 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. But underneath all their structural economic and political and social control of things, a disturbing turbulence persists. That unpredictable turbulence is the counterbalance to their illigitimate rule and their selfish, unnatural relation and regard to life itself.  That turbulence have the potential 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 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 entalls? 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 secure for that very reason. Even the acting powers don't know what are they doing. It is all regulated by timely spirits. One thing I have to say about this new world stuff is that there were never one. 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 criminality that have reached a planetary scale. This devastating torturous criminality has for quite some time surpassed all industrial, international, and intercontinental  scales........ ...the Interuniversals and Interdimensionals might have to manifest and intervene to uphold 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 and underground were off the charts, signaling yet another powerful eruption from the volcano. And yes I was there, 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 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.