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1789-Aug.

1789-Aug.: News of the fall of the Bastille reaches San Domingo, electrifying the majorit

1789-Aug.: News of the fall of the Bastille reaches San Domingo, electrifying the majority. This event in France caused an immediate breakdown of colonial authority and sparked political debate among all classes.

Source James, The Black Jacobins, 64; Dubois, Avengers of the New World, 83; Nicholls, From Dessalines to Duvalier, 27