The Coloreds and Saint Lazarus

The coloreds had just cut a deal with a new leader who had quietly organized 15 thousand men under everyone's nose. Hiasant was a carismatic religious leader who carried around a talisman made of horsehair that he claimed could repel bullets. Allying with the colorts, hiasant led his army against the whites at quadebouquet. And despite cannons furiously blasting them to bits, the slaves overcame the whites and drove them off. In the wake of this victory, commissioner saint lage gave his sanction in april to a new assembly meeting called the council of peace and union. It was effectively a meeting of the signatories of the original concordants