This was afterward realized: for Oge, in about three months from this time, left his companions to report to his constituents in St.
Domingo the state of their mission; when hearing, on his arrival in that island, of the outrageous conduct of the Whites of the committee of Aquin, who had begun a persecution of the People of Colour for no other reason than that they had dared to seek the common privileges of citizens; and of the murder of Ferrand and Labadie, he imprudently armed his slaves.
With a small but faithful band he rushed upon superior numbers; and was defeated.

Taking refuge at length in the Spanish part of St.Domingo, he was given up; and his enemies, to strike terror into the People of Colour, broke him upon the wheel.

From this time reconciliation between the parties became impossible.

A bloody war commenced, and with it all those horrors which it has been our lot so frequently to deplore.

It must be remembered, however, that the Slave-trade, by means of the cruel distinctions it occasioned, was the original cause; and though the revolution of France afforded the occasion; it was an occasion which would have been prevented, if it had not been for the intrigues and injustice of the Whites.
[Footnote A: Africa.] Another, upon whom I had time to call, was the amiable Bishop of Chartres.
When I left him, the Abbe Syeyes, who was with him, desired to walk with me to my hotel.