Excerpt from St. Domingo, Its Revolution and Its Hero, Toussaint Louverture: An Historical Discourse Condensed for the New York Library Association, February 26, 1855 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 bit ter 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. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.