1792-Jan.-02: Stephen Fuller, the Jamaican agent in London, received a letter from a colonial correspondent describing the “unprecedented insolence” of the i…

1792-Jan.-02: Stephen Fuller, the Jamaican agent in London, received a letter from a colonial correspondent describing the “unprecedented insolence” of the island’s slaves. The writer claimed that the news of the Saint-Domingue revolt had emboldened the enslaved population to challenge the authority of their overseers. Fuller was urged to use these reports to lobby the British government against any further discussion of the abolition of the slave trade. The letter argued that the “contagion” of French ideas was the direct cause of the mounting unrest in the British Caribbean. This communication was part of a larger strategy by the West India Interest to link the Haitian Revolution with the dangers of abolitionism.