MGS171745 General Toussaint L\'Ouverture (c.1743-1803) Spurns his Family, 1822 (litho) by Villain, Henri (fl.1820-30); 34.6x23.9 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: leader of Haitian independence movement during French Revolution; in an attempt by General Leclerc to try and persuade him to desert the Black cause by returning his family to him, Toussaint L\'Ouverture sends his wife and children away after embracing them; their pleas cannot make him change his mind and he distances himself from them saying to the General, \'Take my children away because that is the way it must be. I wish to remain faithful to my fellow brothers and to my God\'; leader of Haitian independence movement during French Revolution;); 穢 Michael Graham-Stewart.