Le Claire and Tousson - A Memoir

With the end in sight, toussan finally decided that combat was no longer effective strategy. On april 20 ninth he sent agents to leclare to arrange a cease fire so that the two men could meet in person. Tousson said that this had all just been a great misunderstanding and then secured a promise that he and all his men would be kept in their positions. But though he would not strike at the senior black and colored generals, leclaire did have his eye on tousson and very much wanted to remove him from the island as soon as he was sure that the other generals would not object.