Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1877-10-13

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merchant vessel, and owner Of store
kousex and other bsildings 90 the Island.
Captain Bailey made him his coachmSn,
took fancy to him, and, perceiving his
intelligence and capacity, his force and
staadines of character, made him mana
ger of his shore establishment.
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certain influence over the black peo-
ple around him, which was due wholly
TO his character and intellect; for, al
though he had constitution of iron, his
face was ugly and deeply marked With
the smallpox. The French colonists re-
spected him merely as steady, honest,
useful servant. He read some books in
these years, one of which was the Able
Raynal's History of the Two Indies,
where occurs this sentence: sas
"a black man will one day appear
with mission to avenge his outraged
race"
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"Raynal foretells me-" ...
But when he had lived forty-seven
.yeazs in the world, there seemed no pros
sect of accomplishment of this prophecy
NOR did he seem formed for scenes Of
violence and blood. He was humane
man, peaceable, gentle, much averse to
cruelty and. bloodshed. In 1870 the
island contained population Of about
ak Hundred thousand, of whom forty
Thousand were Europeans, thirty thou
sand free mulattoes, and the remainder
negro slaves. Many of the mulattoes
were educated and rich, though they had
no political rights, and could hold NO
office of trust or honor. AS France
drew from this island most of the cotton
and sugar consumed in Europe, it was
one of the most valuable possessions
which any nation then possessed beyond
its own boundaries. It was avery eff
Gent wealth producer--more than half q
million laborers to seventy thousand con-
,sumers and directors. Its development
was such as to console and compensate
Erance, in Q considerable degree, for the
l0es of her possessions in North America
Canada and Louisiana.
The French revolution broke out in
1859, prOclaimiug Liberty, Equality, and
Fraternity; sentiments which were
thoughtlessly welcomed by the French
Inhabitants of st. Domingo. They hoisted
the tri-colored flag; the wore the tri
colored cockade; they held meet
ings; they sent deputies to the nations
assembly at Paris. Liberty, Equality
Frsternityi The educated mulattoel
heard and felt these words, and de
manded their application to themselves
demanded citizenship, eligibility to Office
and all other rights. But the white moi
Of ST. Domingo, in proclsiming equalit,
and fraternity, had never 90 much o
thought Of the excluded mulsstoes, an
still less of the half million negroes
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