1792-10-15
The civil commissioners proclaimed that they held powers equal to those of the Convention’s commissioners to the armies…
Haitian
The civil commissioners proclaimed that they held powers equal to those of the Convention’s commissioners to the armies; Ardouin calls it the dictatorship needed to keep the colony for France.
Source · p. 19
Beaubrun Ardouin, Études sur l'histoire d'Haïti, suivies de la vie du général J.-M. Borgella (t. II) (1853), p. 19