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aspect, his countenance was terrible in combat; ye*t,
excitement was over, it was mild and engaging. In the
ress of the war of liberation, he raised, organized, and c
handed a legion, called The Southern Laeion of EqualFty
which proved the finest and the moSt ct-fttive or the> troop
formed in Hayti. Aware, in his own experienr..e, of the valued
knowledge, he took pains to have hi, soldiers in'tru''.lte.. "If'
- to cite the words of a native of Hayti, it ;u the south d
the isle the traveller muket ev'n now (1N5I0) with aged Afrl
cans who pjssess the cl(-ments of clas;ieal instruction, he ma4
salute them; they are Rigaud's Irgionaries-. AJmirable q
good sense, they ha'e a lolly spirit, abo'vr the prejudices o|
color; with them, the white man, the mulatto, and th.- blacj
man, are sons of the same Father. I thank Ueaven that tl
epoch of my visit to the district allowed me to ahake bang
with these relks of the glory of my country, thro'e old ngro
whose excellence of heart and aptitude of mien Eurpe is igna
rant of, and whose descendants lie under the obligation of ju
tifying the hopes of the friends of equality." *

 ie de Toiussalnt IOuverture, par Salnl-Bemy." Parls, 186E, p. 8,
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