...were all unsuccessful; that Toussaint, with a great effort, sent back his children in these words, " Take back my children, since it must be so. I will be faithful to my brethren and my God." Negotiations failing, Le Clerc issued proclamations addressed to the " cultivators " of the island,...

...declare his allegiance ; but the negro general, though terribly moved, remained unshaken in resolution. " Take back my children, since it must be so. I will be faithful to my brethren and my God," he replied simply, and his sons returned to the enemy's camp. During Toussaint's presidency he had...

...himself from the embraces of his wife and children, took him into another apartment, and gave him this decision : " Take back my children, since it must...so. I will be faithful to my brethren and my God." 25. Finding all his endeavors fruitless, Coisnon proposed a negotiation with the French general at...

...envoy into an inner chamber, and gave him a dignified refusal. " Take back my children," said he, " since it must be so. I will be faithful to my brethren and my God." Can any trait that History has recorded of the patriot or the hero be put in competition with thistnoble...

...his family, Touissant gently disen. gaging himself from the embraces of his wife and children, said "Take back my children since it must be so, I will be faithful to my country and my God." My wife, my tenderest one we part, My country calls me to her aid, Though close...

...did the crafty letter of the First Consul move him. He said to those who held his sons in custody : Take back my children since it must be so ; I will be faithfill to my brethren and my God. In the warfare that ensued, the negro generals, Toussaint, Christophe,...