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1791-late: Leading French enslavers in Saint-Domingue made formal applications to British ministers requesting that an armament be sent to take possession of …

1791-late: Leading French enslavers 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