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1789–1790

1789–1790: (The Declaration of Rights and Colonial Collision): On August 26, 1789, the “Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen” proclaimed that …

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1789–1790: (The Declaration of Rights and Colonial Collision): On August 26, 1789, the “Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen” proclaimed that all men are born and live free and equal, dealing a mortal blow to the white planters. In response, the National Assembly granted the franchise in Saint-Domingue on March 28, 1790, to all property owners and taxpayers over age twenty-five, which technically included many hommes de couleur. This set the stage for an inevitable collision, and by April 1790, blood was shed at Fond-Parisien in the Cul-de-Sac as mulâtres took up arms to demand their rights. Vincent Ogé, having secured funds from Thomas Clarkson in London, landed on the north coast on October 12, 1790, to enforce the new decree. Despite his lawful claims, the lower-class petits blancs remained the most hostile faction, refusing to concede that people of color could ever be equals.

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