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1780

1780: Official figures for Cap Français noted only 195 free colored residents in 1775, but by 1780, a more careful count revealed almost 1,400 people in this…

HT-TCWI-2018-000040

1780: Official figures for Cap Français noted only 195 free colored residents in 1775, but by 1780, a more careful count revealed almost 1,400 people in this category. This rapid increase in the registered population testified to both an expanding presence and a mounting concern among white residents. By the end of the decade, planters feared that agitation among these urban free nonwhites would spread to the plantation areas. The concentration of this class in the cities was viewed as a primary source of sedition to be carefully monitored.

Source  ·  HT-TCWI-2018-000040 Scott, The Common Wind / Bates: HT-TCWI-2018-000040