TOUSSAINT LOUVERTURE (1743-1803), former slave who led the Haitian Revolution, the only successful slave revolt in history, and governed Saint-Domingue. Document signed with "Liberté – Égalité" vignette. Translation: "Toussaint Louverture, General-in-Chief of the Army of Saint-Domingue, permits the schooner Lively of Norfolk, Captain Christopher Tompkins, to go from Cap-Français to Les Cayes and Jacmel with her cargo. Given at headquarters at Cap-Français the 18th Frimaire Year Eight [9 December 1799] of the French Republic, one and indivisible." Signed "Toussaint Louverture". Together with the companion American passport for the same vessel: "The Undersigned have granted this Passport to the Schooner Lively of Norfolk of 55 tons, commanded by Captain Christopher Tompkins, navigated by 6 men, mounting no guns, and her cargo consisting of Provisions and Dry goods, to proceed along the Coast and within the limits agreed upon, from the Port of Cap François to those of Aux Cayes and Jacmel... Dated the Ninth day of December 1800 [sic] at the City of Cap François", signed by Edward Stevens, Consul General of the United States at St. Domingo – Adams's envoy who negotiated the 1799 trade agreement with Toussaint. This item will be accompanied by a Letter of Authenticity from One of a Kind Collectibles.
This item will be accompanied by a Letter of Authenticity from One of a Kind Collectibles.