Ferguson's book p. 49
"Our Doc, who art in the National Palace for life, hallowed by Thy name by present and future generations. They will be done in Port-au-Prince as it is in the provinces. Give us this day our new Haiti and forgive not the trespasses of those anti-patriots who daily spit upon our country..."
Catechism which was taught in the schools included such items as:
Q.
Who are Dessalines, Toussaint, Christophe, Petion and Estime?
A.
Dessalines, Toussaint, Christophe, Petion, and Estime are five distinct Chiefs of State who are substantiated in and form only one and the same President in the person of Francois Duvalier.
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