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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