Political Gains

Not long ago, Auriol received 50,000 pounds sterling from Saint-Domingue's "Abolitionist Alliance"—the very money the English had previously paid Brisot—and used it to purchase the logistical supplies his troops needed.

Then, while the Governor of Jamaica sent troops to reinforce the Bahamas, he led his army into Kingston once more.

With a vow of revenge and 50,000 pounds sterling, Jones returned to Barbados.

He had thought he would need to lie low for a while before resuming his great cause of resistance. Yet he had never expected the English to leave Barbados shortly afterward to reinforce the Bahamas.

How could Jones let such a golden opportunity slip by? He immediately gathered several hundred Black soldiers and began attacking sugar cane plantations everywhere.

Thus, the Independence Movement across the entire Caribbean Sea surged like towering waves swept up by a hurricane, displaying an unstoppable momentum.

In the officers' conference room aboard the British Expeditionary Force's third-rate battleship Black Mountains, Brand braced both hands on the table and roared at Lieutenant Colonel Gallisonière across from him, "If not for your incompetence and cowardice, we would never have been defeated by those Negroes! You—and the French Government—bear an inescapable responsibility for the situation in the Bahamas!"

As he spoke, he glanced at the spanish commander, Garcia Cortes, beside him, clearly hoping for his support.

Lieutenant Colonel Gallisonière merely sneered and struck back even louder. "Who bribed that greedy envoy and transferred my troops away from Magua Fortress to reinforce Nassau?

"It was you!

"Your foolish actions caused Maguey to fall. When my soldiers learned they had lost their supply base, their morale plummeted, and then they happened to be ambushed by the Negroes.

"You are the one who should be held responsible for all of this!"

Cortes also turned to Brand. "At the