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1790-Oct.-22

1790-Oct.-22: The St.

HT-TCWI-2018-000232

1790-Oct.-22: The St. George’s Chronicle and New Grenada Gazette featured a prominent notice regarding the arrival of news from Cap Français concerning the Ogé rebellion. The paper detailed the legal battles of free people of color in the French colony and the violent response of the white plantocracy. Readers in Grenada were alerted to the potential for these “French principles” of equality to cross the water to British territories. The report highlighted the rapid transmission of political news through the eastern Caribbean’s shipping lanes. This entry documents the moment when the specific grievances of Saint-Domingue’s free colored population became a regional news event.

Source  ·  HT-TCWI-2018-000232  ·  p. 232 Scott, The Common Wind, 232 / Bates: HT-TCWI-2018-000232