Transcriber’s Note Italic text displayed as: _italic_ HEROES ARE HISTORIC MEN. ST. DOMINGO, ITS REVOLUTION AND ITS HERO, TOUSSAINT LOUVERTURE. AN HISTORICAL DISCOURSE CONDENSED FOR THE NEW YORK LIBRARY ASSOCIATION, FEBRUARY 26, 1855. BY C. W. ELLIOTT. Printed for the uses of the Committee. NEW YORK: J. A. DIX, PUBLISHER, 10 PARK PLACE. 1855. Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1855, by C. W. ELLIOTT, In the Clerk’s Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. HOLMAN & GRAY, STEREOTYPERS AND PRINTERS, Corner Centre and White Streets, N. Y. Contents Page I. THE BLACK MAN. 3 II. THE FOUR HUNDRED AND EIGHTY THOUSAND. 4 III. THE MULATTOES. 8 IV. THE FEAST OF ST. LOUIS. 14 V. THE MAN. 23 VI. CONFUSION. 28 VII. TOUSSAINT. 31 VIII. ENFRANCHISEMENT. 35 IX. THE OPENING. 36 X. PEACE. 44 XI. PROSPERITY. 50 XII. GREATNESS. 54 XIII. NAPOLEON. 56 XIV. SAMANA. 60 XV. CHILDREN. 66 XVI. WAR AGAIN. 68 XVII. DEFEAT. 72 XVIII. TREACHERY. 75 XIX. CONSEQUENCES. 80 XX. DEATH. 82 I. I have thought that a short life of TOUSSAINT LOUVERTURE might be desirable for two purposes:—one is, that it may, in some degree, weaken that bitter prejudice of color, which denies the blacks the rights of citizens—which drives them away from the Communion-table—and will not let them enter an omnibus, nor, if it can prevent it, into Heaven. The other is, that it may encourage the blacks to deserve respect and honor—as he did—by growing industrious, and rich, and intelligent, and brave, and noble, and strong, and so prove their manhood against all infidels, north and south—in the Church and out of it. It should be borne in mind, that Toussaint was a negro, and that he was not more ashamed of being black than he should be of being white. II.