1777
1777: Hilliard d’Auberteuil complacently denies the possibility of a slave rebellion due to a lack of communication between plantations.
1777: Hilliard d’Auberteuil complacently denies the possibility of a slave rebellion due to a lack of communication between plantations. His assessment reflected the general overconfidence of the free population regarding the stability of the colonial system.
Source · p. 27
Nicholls, From Dessalines to Duvalier, 27