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1789-late: The Marquis de la Fayette reportedly sold his plantation in Cayenne, including seventy enslaved people, without any stipulations regarding their f…

1789-late: The Marquis de la Fayette reportedly sold his plantation in Cayenne, including seventy enslaved people, without any stipulations regarding their future condition. Shortly after this transaction, he enrolled himself among the “friends of the blacks” and became a prominent advocate for abolition in the National Assembly.

Source  ·  p. 33 Edwards, Historical Survey, 33