Toussaint Vs Tecumseh Essay

Despite the difference between their childhoods, while Toussaint was an educated being with a free man father, Tecumseh was born in the era of conflict, with his father and his two brothers killed by the settlers, both Toussaint and Tecumseh sought fairness and harmony among different races. Both are considered as brilliant political and military leaders.
Toussaint’s goal was to abolish slavery and let Saint-Domingo be acceptable to different races whereas Tecumseh’s goal was to establish a strong confederation with all Indian tribes of the time to stand against the United States Government.
Toussaint’s goal was partly successful due to the eventual abolition of slavery. However, his wish of creating a country (Haiti) to allow all races to
His alliance with French after the abolition proved to be successful to drive the English and Spanish away from the colony, and eventually, be able to force the French commissioners, Sonthonax back to France.
On the other hand, Tecumseh’s goal was never achieved despite that fact that he was able to recruit a lot of supporters from different Indian tribes. His failure, which was also a major factor of his success, was the conversion of his brother to “Prophet”. Whereas the “Prophet” effort was proved to be successful at the beginning, largely because of the solar eclipse event, the defeat of the Prophet’s force and destruction of the village at Tippecanoe led to a downfall of his achievement.
The fact that most Indian tribes found the idea of unity alien to them and opposed to the confederation was indeed, beyond Tecumseh’s control. As a result, his frequent recruiting trips did not bring fruitful results. Additionally, Tenskwatawa’s decision to confront Harrison’s troop was yet another thing that beyond Tecumseh’s control which led to his eventual defeat. More importantly, though, the Indians are outnumbered by the white settlers and the war against the United States Government was doomed to failure at the