The African Who Tried to Save Haiti in 1822 (Felix Darfour)

“In 1822, a black man named Darfour, a native of the district known by that name in Africa, who, when a boy, had accompanied a French gentleman from Egypt to France, where he had been educated, emigrated to Haiti.

At Port-au-Prince he established himself as the editor of a newspaper, called "L'Eclipse” and, adopting the opinion that his own caste was undervalued and excluded from offices of trust, he became a vehement opponent of the government. His proceedings were so violent that he was obliged to lay down his paper, and to support himself by manual labour.

His restless spirit however, always at work, discovered, or supposed it had discovered new oppression. He embodied his wrongs in a petition to the Chamber of Commons, which he proceeded to deliver at the bar of that body, with the support of some of its most distinguished members. These proceedings were nipped in the bud; for the petitioner was arrested, led before a court martial (although a civilian), tried, convicted, and shot”.

Sous: Notes on Haiti, Mackenzie, 1830 (p27-28)
http://books.google.ca/books?id=yQ4WAAAAYAAJ&ots=AoLYR_QRGI&dq=notes%20on%20haiti%20&lr&pg=PR1#v=onepage&q=notes%20on%20haiti&f=false

Felix Darfour sa a nou wè Mackenzie mansyone nan liv li a, nou pral jwenn plis detay sou misye apati tèks lòt enmi nasyon an ekri. Fòk nou pran san nou byen li dokiman sa yo kote, patizanri otè yo pa dwe anpeche nou wè sa ki t ap pase a tout bon vre. Okontrè, yo ede nou konprann pou kisa nou di, se pa jounen jodi a, blan yo pito travay ak nèg sòt, san konviksyon, ni kolòn vètebral. Chimen listwa gen anpil leson li trase pou nou.... Pi douvan mwen pral poste kèk tèks mwen pran nan sous ki ekri an franse, sou menm frè Afriken sa a ki t ap ede nou konprann move plan ki te nan lespri blan franse yo.

Jafrikayiti
"wi, nou sètifye: DEPI NAN GINEN, BON NÈG AP EDE NÈG!"