In his book, Silencing The Past (1995), Michel Rolph Trouillot  recounts the tale of Jean-Baptiste Sans Souci, an African born leader in the indigenous army during the early days of the revolution, whose name got written out of history by none other than our illustrious monarch Henri Christophe. The details are fuzzy, the sources are scarce, but the plot is worthy of an HBO production. The story goes that Sans Souci was one of the most skilled leaders in the indigenous army, him and his troops of African born soldiers (Bossales as they were called) made very effective use of guerilla tactics to wage war against the colonial powers alongside some of our better remembered forefathers like Toussaint, Dessalines, and Christophe.