Toussaint tells Biassou that his moment aims to go far beyond amnesty; he wants total liberation on the island. Meanwhile, the French authorities wrestle with how to deal with the unrest on the island.
Toussaint Louverture leads a surprise attack on a French dispatchment that attempts to surround his Haitian stronghold and quell his rebellion. This clip appropriately illustrates the brutality that is characteristic of the revolution.
French Officers in the Caribbean try to make sense of Toussaint Louverture and his growing movement. They decide to fight against him in order to stop the resistance.