Quote of the day
Like stones rolling down hills, fair ideas reach their objectives despite all obstacles and barriers. It may be possible to speed or hinder them, but impossible to stop them.
Henri Christophe
Born: October 6, 1767
Died: October 8, 1820 (aged 53)
Bio: Henri Christophe was a former slave of Bambara ethnicity, and perhaps of Ibo descent, and key leader in the Haitian Revolution, which succeeded in gaining independence from France in 1804.