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1792-Apr.-04

1792-Apr.-04: The Legislative Assembly in France grants full citizenship to all free persons (men of color) by official decree.

1792-Apr.-04: The Legislative Assembly in France grants full citizenship to all free persons (men of color) by official decree. This landmark law fulfilled a primary goal of the free colored community while attempting to stabilize the colony. Significance: Shifted the balance of power in colonial politics and deepened conflict among whites, free coloreds, and slaves. Nuance: Geggus situates this within the broader “colonial question” debated in France — self-government, racial equality, and slavery were inseparable issues

Source Geggus, Haitian Revolutionary Studies, 157-170,13; Ghachem, The Old Regime and the Haitian Revolution, 265; Nicholls, From Dessalines to Duvalier, 28