Warning to Rebels in the Artibonite (February 1795)

A proclamation by Toussaint Louverture in February 1795 warning rebels in the Artibonite region to submit to French republican authority, as preserved by Schoelcher. The document dates from the transitional period when Toussaint had recently switched allegiance from Spain to France and was consolidating control over the northern and western provinces through a combination of military force and conditional clemency.