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1793-Aug.-17

1793-Aug.-17: The Royal Gazette in Kingston reported on the continuing arrival of “French negroes” and other political refugees from the war-torn areas of Sa…

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1793-Aug.-17: The Royal Gazette in Kingston reported on the continuing arrival of “French negroes” and other political refugees from the war-torn areas of Saint-Domingue. The newspaper documented the landing of “uniformly dressed” people of color who appeared to have arrived from the sea without official authorization. These arrivals prompted calls for stricter enforcement of the laws governing the entry of “foreigners of color” into the British colony. The white population feared that these mobile veterans of the French revolution were spreading the “contagion” of liberty. The ongoing influx forced the Jamaican legislature to repeatedly revise its security measures.

Source  ·  HT-TCWI-2018-000196  ·  p. 196 Scott, The Common Wind, 196 / Bates: HT-TCWI-2018-000196