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1816 (The Sacrilegious Plot of the French Ex-Colonists): The Haytian government denounces a “horrible criminality” involving French ex-colonists who allegedl…

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1816 (The Sacrilegious Plot of the French Ex-Colonists): The Haytian government denounces a “horrible criminality” involving French ex-colonists who allegedly proposed using religion as a tool for re-enslavement. The plot involved sending “Catholic Priests, Apostolics, and Romans” to Hayti to first “seduce” the population under the “venerable garb of religion” before gradually sinking them back into the “horrors of slavery.” The text labels this a “sacrilegious conduct” where ministers of the “God of peace and charity” were to become agents of human bondage. By exposing this plan, the King’s administration sought to insulate the population against foreign religious influence that might be used as a “Trojan Horse” for French political interests.

Source  ·  HT-HAPA-1816-000243  ·  p. 222 Sanders, Haytian Papers, 222 / Bates: HT-HAPA-1816-000243