The Modern World-System III by Wallerstein Immanuel

Author:Wallerstein, Immanuel
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 2012-01-22T16:00:00+00:00

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THE SETTLER

DECOLONIZATION OF

THE AMERICAS:

1763–1833

The French artist and lithographer, Francisque-Martin-François Grenier de Saint-Martin (1793–1867), student of David, specialized in historical topics. This print, executed in 1821, shows General Toussaint l’Ouverture handing over two letters to the general commanding the English forces that were in Haiti in 1798. The letters indicate the request of the French Commissioners that Toussaint seize the English general and Toussaint’s refusal to do so on the grounds that he would not dishonor himself by reneging on his word. “A noble refusal,” says Grenier. At the bottom we see Haiti’s seal, with the inscription “Liberté Egalité.”

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