Book of Marvels
You may remember, from your history books, the American
Revolution War. This war was fought, because the Americans wanted to be free of
British rule. Well, many years ago, Haiti was ruled by France, these Haitians wanted
to be free of French rule. Therefore, the people of Haiti started their own
Revolutionary War. In the end, the natives won the battle, and a great king
rose up from them. This king’s name was Christophe. Christophe wanted to show
other nations, that Haiti was a tough, and powerful nation. To do this, he
forced hundreds of his people to carry heavy bricks up a towering mountain.
With these bricks, he was able to start a huge fort. However, Christophe was
not a man to be slowed in his work because of others. Each time he caught
someone lagging at his work, Christophe would either shoot him, or, if he
thought that death was too merciful, put him in prison! The people of Haiti
detested him, however since he was too powerful, they could not rebel against Christophe.
When they learned, however, that he had been paralyzed in his lower half, the
natives rushed upon the castle that he, his wife, and his children lived in.
Christophe knew that it would be better to die, than to suffer torture. Knowing
that, he killed himself. His tower was ruined, and his son, killed. This just
goes to show how terrible a person can be, and we can all learn a lesson from
it.
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