1792-May-12: The Royal Gazette of Jamaica reported on the capture of a “mulatto man” who had arrived at Port Royal in a small vessel from Saint-Domingue.

1792-May-12: The Royal Gazette of Jamaica reported on the capture of a “mulatto man” who had arrived at Port Royal in a small vessel from Saint-Domingue. The man was suspected of being an agent of the revolution sent to spread “seditious” ideas among the Jamaican free colored population. His arrival triggered an immediate investigation by the local magistrates into the movement of foreigners and “masterless” people. This incident was one of many that led the Jamaican Assembly to impose strict regulations on the landing of individuals from the French colony. It underscored the fear of human “contagion” across the narrow Windward Passage.