Whilst perusing Slave revolution in the Caribbean, 1789-1804: A Brief History with Documents, edited by Laurent Dubois and John Garrigus, we came across a short letter penned by Pierre Cangé. A member of a family from our region of the island, we found his letter fascinating as it captured that solidarity felt by former slaves and people from families that were free before the Haitian Revolution. Addressed to Delpech, Cangé endeavored to convince the former to abandon the French. It demonstrates quit clearly how white French hostilities and racism actually united, for a time at least, those from free people of color families and former slaves. Cangé himself had fought alongside Gilles Bambara and other former slaves, so we assume his words here are sincere.
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