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 proclaimed liberty fur all the slave., seut Andrew
 his orders into execution, aind to restore the
 teir homes. Advarn.ing fIrom Petit Trou (June
wng the plantation of Dearivaux. near J4remie,
himself stopped by an entretnhmc-nt defended by
id men and five pieces of' cannon. Consulting only
md the object of his mission, he hastened to attack
tion. At the head of' three columns he three times
the assault; three times was he driven back. After
Four hours and losing 'e eral brave officers, he
ind at the head of filly men protecltd himself in the
greatest perils. Retiring to Petit Trou, he received
.ts and enroTlledl .lave.. The last aLt made him a
httof hatrdl to thi- planters, who, diJrc'ardin b the
imiBned to etfrl.t his ile-triiction. Illaoig crossed
.to Les Cayci. he trk part it, a rcpe-titon of the
ich had ba:-n .-11.-'hratel at the (ape. Whites,
ilaulattois cx\laniel lolt ti.- ol' friend-hip and man-
ismon joy. In the nmii.Jt lo' .- cne whih promised
y, he was ifll-n upon hb B.indoll:t, crommander of
fthional Guard, anl L.iarly .- ,.ap,-d throuAh a shower
extraordinaryv t"y irjd! and actiity. This dis
tampt at a.a.isination .xt.it:ed general abhorrence,
hipalse and igor .to the negro cause .
hbo, next to Tc'ussaint, vias destined to play the
this intern:.- ine confli t, "as a mulatto, the son
Man and a black wo-man. Edlu.atell at Bordeaux,
gone through a pretty good course of instruction,
ltbe trade of a goldsmith, and ha ing served in Sa-
SiGuadeloupe, he tnttrcd the militia in Lt-s Ca.3es,
F ef. While puruing his business, which colonial
aded as too g.jol Ibr a mulatto, he was tailed into
 'by the insure. tion. Rigaud had in his soul the
 great man. In Ilindu,'tan be would have founded
ia In Hayti he srarce.ly rcse above a banditti thief;
wiD how to make himself formidable. Of a martial