How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #10
I ask you for my freedom that I may labor, that I may gain my sustenance and support my unhappy family. I call on your greatness, on your genius, to pronounce a just judgment on my destiny. Let your heart be softened and touched by my position and my misfortunes. (22.48)
Wait a minute. Toussaint might use the word "destiny"when he's writing to the General, but he's really talking about free will. He realizes that the French government has more power over Toussaint's fate than he does at the moment in his prison cell. He advocates for his freedom appealing to that power, and showing us free will does exist in the process.