Wells polluted in Saint-Domingue

A leader of the slave rebellion on the island of Hispaniola in the Caribbean, Toussaint L’Oueverture, says “The only resources we have are destruction and fire. Annihilate everything and burn everything. Block the roads, pollute the wells with corpses and dead horses.”

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