Whilst perusing Guy-Joseph Bonnet's Souvenirs historiques, we were delighted to find more details on the linguistic skills of Bélisaire, a "mulatto" who, for a brief time at least, led African rebels in the early days of the Haitian Revolution. According to Bonnet, Bélisaire could communicate with Aradas, Mandingues, Hausas, Congos, and Nagos, a feat which made him a respected figure among these bossales. It is unfortunate that we lack any surviving writings by Bélisaire in which he documented some of his understanding of these various African languages spoken in colonial Haiti.