Then
- Boukman is hurt, and Toussaint tries to help the guy up. As he does, Toussaint sees many men dead all around him.
- Instantly, he comes to a big realization: Revenge doesn't solve anything. It's weird, if you think about it, since he's never tried to take revenge for anything before, but still, he instinctively feels it.
- Toussaint knows that if they keep fighting out of revenge, they won't win. Most of the other slaves want to fight the white people to hurt them, not to get freedom for themselves.
- Even though he has a relatively good life as a slave, and can live with his son Isaac in a cottage, he knows not everyone is so lucky. Men and women are bought, sold, raped, and murdered in the town every day.
- Boukman tells Toussaint that it's his destiny to become Ogou Badagry and lead the rebels.
- Toussaint agrees that it's his destiny, but would like to rethink the new name. When he shakes his head "no," Boukman just assumes Toussaint is against leading so he starts giving the men instructions about what to do.
- He shouts at them to do two things: Don't destroy the land—they'll need crops to eat once the white men are gone and the land is theirs—and don't kill anyone who surrenders. Sounds simple enough, right?
- Not so fast. There's a lot of resistance when it comes to the second part. A lot of the men want to kill the white men for enslaving them. Why should they get away with that?
- Toussaint explains that they need white men to deliver the news back to the French government that the slaves are free and own the land now.
- Not everyone is on board with this plan. Luckily, Toussaint stresses that this is the night that the black people rise, not that the white people die (unless they cause trouble).
- Toussaint rushes home to his previous master and explains that he better get the heck out of dodge. He won't kill the guy—or his family—but only if he flees without putting up a fight.
- His master writes a deed for Toussaint, declaring him a free man.
- This'd be nice and all if there weren't a revolution right on the guy's doorstep; Toussaint almost feels sorry for his master.
- The guy's always been kind to him, so he wants to get him out alive, but they need to go—now.
- Toussaint sees the rebels outside, complete with machetes and guns. He instructs his master to act humble so he can get out.
- At first his master is worried that they will kill Toussaint for helping him, but Toussaint assures him that's not his destiny.