1791-late
1791-late: Leading French planters in Saint-Domingue made formal applications to British ministers requesting that an armament be sent to take possession of …
1791-late: Leading French planters in Saint-Domingue made formal applications to British ministers requesting that an armament be sent to take possession of the colony. They claimed the inhabitants were eager to swear allegiance to the British Crown to escape the chaos of the revolution.
Source · p. 140
Edwards, Historical Survey, 140