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1819-Oct-07

1819-Oct-07: A French naval report from Captain Montfert noted that all persons of color in the republic were intensely jealous of their hard-won liberty.

1819-Oct-07: A French naval report from Captain Montfert noted that all persons of color in the republic were intensely jealous of their hard-won liberty. He concluded that any attempt at re-colonization would be met with the total destruction of the country’s resources.

Source  ·  p. 271 Nicholls, From Dessalines to Duvalier, 271