People of every color continue to honor the life and achievements of Toussaint Louverture They continue to present this story of a tragedy-that was a triumph as well - to all those for whom William Wordsworth wrote the following poem in February 1802, when he envisioned Toussaint Louverture's death and resurrection:
 

Toussaint, the most unhappy man of men!

Whether the whistling Rustic tend his plough

Within thy hearing, or thy head be now

Pillowed in some deep dungeon's earless d e n -

O miserable Chieftain! where and when

Wilt thou find patience? Yet die not; do thou

Wear rather in thy bonds a cheerful brow;

Though fallen thyself, never to rise again.

Live and take comfort. Thou hast left behind

Powers that will work for thee; air, earth and skies

That will forget thee; thou hast great allies;

Thy friends are exultations, agonies,

and love, and man's unconquerable mind.