Philippe R. Girard, Jean-Jacques Dessalines and the Atlantic System: A Reappraisal (PDF), in The William and Mary Quarterly, vol. 69, n. 3, Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, luglio 2012, p. 559, DOI:10.5309/willmaryquar.69.3.0549. URL consultato il 10 dicembre 2014 (archiviato dall'url originale il 19 agosto 2014).
«a list of “extraordinary expenses incurred by General Brunet in regards to [the arrest of] Toussaint” started with “gifts in wine and liquor, gifts to Dessalines and his spouse, money to his officers: 4000 francs.”»