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The New Hampshire Gazette
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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Gen. Dessalines' troops massacred over 2,000 French inhabitants in Cape Francois, St. Domingo, from April 19 to May 14, with shocking cruelties; future French arrivals to be executed.
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By the Pilot Boat Grey-Hound, Capt. Sanford, in 16 days from Cape Francois, we have a confirmation of the massacre and pillage at that and other places of the island, by Gen. Dessalines' troops, which commenced on the 19th April, and was continued, without intermission till the 14th of May.
All the French inhabitants, including men women and children, to the amount of two thousand and upwards were put to the sword or bayonet at the Cape during the above period.
From the beginning to the end of the hellish work, the most unparalleled cruelties were inflicted upon whites in a manner too shocking to relate. Men, women and children were hacked down with swords and plunged with bayonets. Women with children in their arms, were seen flying through the streets to avoid their pursuers; and being overtaken by them, one thrust of a bayonet pierced both mother and child!
We are informed that Dessalines has declared that any Frenchman hereafter who shall arrive in St. Domingo shall be put to death.—N. Y. Gaz.
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Cape Francois, St. Domingo
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19th April To 14th May
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over two thousand french inhabitants, including men, women, and children, killed by sword or bayonet; dessalines declared any arriving frenchman shall be put to death
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Gen. Dessalines' troops massacred and pillaged at Cape Francois and other places, commencing 19th April and continuing until 14th May, with extreme cruelties including hacking and bayoneting of men, women, and children