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- 1791'de başlayan ve 1804'te haiti'nin bağımsızlığını kazanmasıyla sonuçlanan devrimin ve tarihte başarıya ulaşan ilk ve tek siyah/köle ayaklanmasının lideri. william wordsworth'a göreyse "dünyanın en mutsuz adamı".
to toussaint l ouverture
toussaint, the most unhappy man of men!
whether the whistling rustic tend his plough
within thy hearing, or thy head be now
pillowed in some deep dungeon s earless den; -
o miserable chieftain! where and when
wilt thou find patience!
yet die not; do thou
wear rather in thy bonds a cheerful brow:
though fallen thyself, never rise to again,
live, and take comfort. thou hast left behind
powers that will work for thee; air, earth, and skies;
there s not a breathing of the common wind
that will forget thee; thou hast great allies;
thy friends are exultations, agonies,
and love, and man's unconquerable mind.
william wordsworth
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