What is the main idea of Toussaint L'Ouverture's argument in this passage?

[ Do they think that men who have been able to enjoy the blessing of liberty will calmly see it snatched away? They supported their chains only so long as they did not know any condition of life more happy than that of slavery. But to-day when they have left it, if they had a thousand lives they would sacrifice them all rather than be forced into slavery again. But no, the same hand which has broken our chains will not enslave us anew. I declare to you to re-establish slavery would be to attempt the impossible: we have known how to face dangers to obtain our liberty, we shall know how to brave death to maintain it. - Toussaint L'Ouverture, 1797 ]

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29 October, 15:43

What is the main idea of Toussaint L'Ouverture's argument in this passage?

[ Do they think that men who have been able to enjoy the blessing of liberty will calmly see it snatched away? They supported their chains only so long as they did not know any condition of life more happy than that of slavery. But to-day when they have left it, if they had a thousand lives they would sacrifice them all rather than be forced into slavery again. But no, the same hand which has broken our chains will not enslave us anew. I declare to you to re-establish slavery would be to attempt the impossible: we have known how to face dangers to obtain our liberty, we shall know how to brave death to maintain it. - Toussaint L'Ouverture, 1797 ]

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Giuliana Copeland · Answer 1

A: It would be impossible to re-enslave Haitians since they understand the value of freedom

Talan Mckee · Answer 2

The main idea of Toussaint L'Ouverture in this passage is that after being the first black republic carried out by slaves successfully in the world (Haiti in 1804), the citizens would not allow other countries, such as Great Britain or Spain, to take possession of their land again and get back to the situation and life they lived in slavery.