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 *[[Mulatto]] - Term used for the offspring of African and European ancestry.<br><br>
-* [[Commentary on Session II: Saint-Domingue on the Eve of Revolution: The Free People of Color]] - Comments on lectures at ''The Haitian Revolution: Viewed 200 Years After, an International Scholarly Conference''.[[ John Carter Brown Library]], Providence, RI. June 18, 2004.
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 ** [[Vincent Ogé motion to the Assembly of Colonists in Paris (1789)|Vincent Ogé motion to the Assembly of Colonists]] - [[1789]] motion before representatives of [[Grand Blancs]] in Paris.
 * [[Letter to the Citizens of Color and Free Negroes of Saint-Domingue]] - 1791 letter by Henri Grégoire refering to Ogé.<br><br>
-*[[Mulatto]] - Term used for the offspring of African and European ancestry.
+*[[Mulatto]] - Term used for the offspring of African and European ancestry.<br><br>
 ==Reference==

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	[[image:vincent_oge.jpg\|right\|thumb\|180px\|Vincent Ogé, affranchis delegate from Saint-Domingue.]]Essentially French colonial [[Saint-Domingue]] (now [[Haiti]]) had three main social classes: French planters ([[grands blancs]]), '''affranchi''' landholders, and [[slaves]] of African ancestry. The affranchi were mostly light-skinned ([[mulattoes]]) free persons of color, the offspring of white French men and African women. As such, the affranchi had legal and social advantages over the slave classes. They were able to own land and attend some French colonial entertainments. They could not hold administrative posts or work as doctors or lawyers. They were also forbidden to wear the style of clothes favored by the [[Grand Blancs\|wealthy white colonists]]. In spite of the disadvantages, many affranchi identified themselves culturally with France rather than with the enslaved population.		[[image:vincent_oge.jpg\|right\|thumb\|180px\|Vincent Ogé, affranchis delegate from Saint-Domingue.]]Essentially French colonial [[Saint-Domingue]] (now [[Haiti]]) had three main social classes: French planters ([[grands blancs]]), '''affranchi''' landholders, and [[slaves]] of African ancestry. The affranchi were mostly light-skinned ([[mulattoes]]) free persons of color, the offspring of white French men and African women. As such, the affranchi had legal and social advantages over the slave classes. They were able to own land and attend some French colonial entertainments. They could not hold administrative posts or work as doctors or lawyers. They were also forbidden to wear the style of clothes favored by the [[Grand Blancs\|wealthy white colonists]]. In spite of the disadvantages, many affranchi identified themselves culturally with France rather than with the enslaved population.

		+	Yet many whites detested them. In fact, the term affranchi, meaning "ex-slave" was an insult term, designed to remind wealthy men and women who had been born in freedom that whites considered them still to be ex-slaves, because of their African ancestry. Whites' belief that anything linked with Africa, even by the slightest drop of blood, was abject and debasing and identified with being inferior. Mulattoes had reasoned that they had to distance themselves from their African roots in an attempt to receive more acceptance from the white colonists. One of their leaders, the indigo planter [[Julien Raimond]], claimed they owned a third of all the slaves in the colony. Many were committed to maintaining [[slavery]] in the early years of the [[French Revolution]] and Haitian Revolution.

	==See also==		==See also==

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	[[image:vincent_oge.jpg\|right\|thumb\|180px\|Vincent Ogé, affranchis delegate from Saint-Domingue.]]Essentially French colonial [[Saint-Domingue]] (now [[Haiti]]) had three main social classes: French planters ([[grands blancs]]), '''affranchi''' landholders, and [[slaves]] of African ancestry. The affranchi were mostly light-skinned ([[mulattoes]]) free persons of color, the offspring of white French men and African women. As such, the affranchi had legal and social advantages over the slave classes. They were able to own land and attend some French colonial entertainments. They could not hold administrative posts or work as doctors or lawyers. They were also forbidden to wear the style of clothes favored by the [[Grand Blancs\|wealthy white colonists]]. In spite of the disadvantages, many affranchi identified themselves culturally with France rather than with the enslaved population.		[[image:vincent_oge.jpg\|right\|thumb\|180px\|Vincent Ogé, affranchis delegate from Saint-Domingue.]]Essentially French colonial [[Saint-Domingue]] (now [[Haiti]]) had three main social classes: French planters ([[grands blancs]]), '''affranchi''' landholders, and [[slaves]] of African ancestry. The affranchi were mostly light-skinned ([[mulattoes]]) free persons of color, the offspring of white French men and African women. As such, the affranchi had legal and social advantages over the slave classes. They were able to own land and attend some French colonial entertainments. They could not hold administrative posts or work as doctors or lawyers. They were also forbidden to wear the style of clothes favored by the [[Grand Blancs\|wealthy white colonists]]. In spite of the disadvantages, many affranchi identified themselves culturally with France rather than with the enslaved population.

−	Yet many whites detested them. In fact, the term affranchi, meaning "ex-slave" was an insult term, designed to remind wealthy men and women who had been born in freedom that whites considered them still to be ex-slaves, because of their African ancestry. Whites' belief that anything linked with Africa, even by the slightest drop of blood, was abject and debasing and identified with being inferior. Mulattoes had reasoned that they had to distance themselves from their African roots in an attempt to receive more acceptance from the white colonists. One of their leaders, the indigo planter [[Julien Raimond]], claimed they owned a third of all the slaves in the colony. Many were committed to maintaining [[slavery]] in the early years of the [[French Revolution]] and Haitian Revolution.

	==See also==		==See also==

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 * [[Jean Baptiste Chavannes]] - An affranchis and associate of Vincent Ogé.
 * [[Vincent Ogé]] - A mulatto rebel leader, executed for leading a rebellion.
-* [[Vincent Ogé motion to the Assembly of Colonists in Paris (1789)|Vincent Ogé motion to the Assembly of Colonists]] - [[1789]] motion before representatives of [[Grand Blancs]] in Paris.
+** [[Vincent Ogé motion to the Assembly of Colonists in Paris (1789)|Vincent Ogé motion to the Assembly of Colonists]] - [[1789]] motion before representatives of [[Grand Blancs]] in Paris.
-*[[Mulatto]] - Term used for offspring of African and European ancestry.
+* [[Letter to the Citizens of Color and Free Negroes of Saint-Domingue]] - 1791 letter by Henri Grégoire refering to Ogé.<br><br>
 ==Reference==

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-[[image:vincent_oge.jpg|right|thumb|180px|Vincent Ogé, affranchis delegate from Saint-Domingue.]]French colonial [[Saint-Domingue]] (now [[Haiti]]) had three social classes: French planters, '''affranchi''' landholders, and African [[slaves]]. The affranchi were light-skinned ([[mulattoes]]) free persons of color, the offspring of white French men and African women. As such, the affranchi had legal and social advantages over the slave classes. They were able to own land and attend some French colonial entertainments. They could not hold administrative posts or work as doctors or lawyers. They were also forbidden to wear the style of clothes favored by the [[Grand Blancs|wealthy white colonists]]. In spite of the disadvantages, many affranchi identified themselves culturally with France rather than with the enslaved population.
+[[image:vincent_oge.jpg|right|thumb|180px|Vincent Ogé, affranchis delegate from Saint-Domingue.]]Essentially French colonial [[Saint-Domingue]] (now [[Haiti]]) had three main social classes: French planters ([[grands blancs]]), '''affranchi''' landholders, and [[slaves]] of African ancestry. The affranchi were mostly light-skinned ([[mulattoes]]) free persons of color, the offspring of white French men and African women. As such, the affranchi had legal and social advantages over the slave classes. They were able to own land and attend some French colonial entertainments. They could not hold administrative posts or work as doctors or lawyers. They were also forbidden to wear the style of clothes favored by the [[Grand Blancs|wealthy white colonists]]. In spite of the disadvantages, many affranchi identified themselves culturally with France rather than with the enslaved population.
 Yet many whites detested them. In fact, the term affranchi, meaning "ex-slave" was an insult term, designed to remind wealthy men and women who had been born in freedom that whites considered them still to be ex-slaves, because of their African ancestry. Whites' belief that anything linked with Africa, even by the slightest drop of blood, was abject and debasing and identified with being inferior. Mulattoes had reasoned that they had to distance themselves from their African roots in an attempt to receive more acceptance from the white colonists. One of their leaders, the indigo planter [[Julien Raimond]], claimed they owned a third of all the slaves in the colony. Many were committed to maintaining [[slavery]] in the early years of the [[French Revolution]] and Haitian Revolution.
 ==See also==
 *[[History of the Disasters in Saint-Domingue]] - Text by a French man living in [[Saint-Domingue]], describing the involvement of affranchis in the early stages of the Haitian Revolutions.
 * [[Jean Baptiste Chavannes]] - An affranchis and associate of Vincent Ogé.

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−	[[image:vincent_oge.jpg\|right\|~~thumb180px~~\|Vincent Ogé, affranchis delegate from Saint-Domingue.]]French colonial [[Saint-Domingue]] (now [[Haiti]]) had three social classes: French planters, '''affranchi''' landholders, and African [[slaves]]. The affranchi were light-skinned ([[mulattoes]]) free persons of color, the offspring of white French men and African women. As such, the affranchi had legal and social advantages over the slave classes. They were able to own land and attend some French colonial entertainments. They could not hold administrative posts or work as doctors or lawyers. They were also forbidden to wear the style of clothes favored by the [[Grand Blancs\|wealthy white colonists]]. In spite of the disadvantages, many affranchi identified themselves culturally with France rather than with the enslaved population.	+	[[image:vincent_oge.jpg\|right\|thumb\|180px\|Vincent Ogé, affranchis delegate from Saint-Domingue.]]French colonial [[Saint-Domingue]] (now [[Haiti]]) had three social classes: French planters, '''affranchi''' landholders, and African [[slaves]]. The affranchi were light-skinned ([[mulattoes]]) free persons of color, the offspring of white French men and African women. As such, the affranchi had legal and social advantages over the slave classes. They were able to own land and attend some French colonial entertainments. They could not hold administrative posts or work as doctors or lawyers. They were also forbidden to wear the style of clothes favored by the [[Grand Blancs\|wealthy white colonists]]. In spite of the disadvantages, many affranchi identified themselves culturally with France rather than with the enslaved population.

	Yet many whites detested them. In fact, the term affranchi, meaning "ex-slave" was an insult term, designed to remind wealthy men and women who had been born in freedom that whites considered them still to be ex-slaves, because of their African ancestry. Whites' belief that anything linked with Africa, even by the slightest drop of blood, was abject and debasing and identified with being inferior. Mulattoes had reasoned that they had to distance themselves from their African roots in an attempt to receive more acceptance from the white colonists. One of their leaders, the indigo planter [[Julien Raimond]], claimed they owned a third of all the slaves in the colony. Many were committed to maintaining [[slavery]] in the early years of the [[French Revolution]] and Haitian Revolution.		Yet many whites detested them. In fact, the term affranchi, meaning "ex-slave" was an insult term, designed to remind wealthy men and women who had been born in freedom that whites considered them still to be ex-slaves, because of their African ancestry. Whites' belief that anything linked with Africa, even by the slightest drop of blood, was abject and debasing and identified with being inferior. Mulattoes had reasoned that they had to distance themselves from their African roots in an attempt to receive more acceptance from the white colonists. One of their leaders, the indigo planter [[Julien Raimond]], claimed they owned a third of all the slaves in the colony. Many were committed to maintaining [[slavery]] in the early years of the [[French Revolution]] and Haitian Revolution.

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−	French colonial [[Saint-Domingue]] (now [[Haiti]]) had three social classes: French planters, '''affranchi''' landholders, and African [[slaves]]. The affranchi were light-skinned ([[mulattoes]]) free persons of color, the offspring of white French men and African women. As such, the affranchi had legal and social advantages over the slave classes. They were able to own land and attend some French colonial entertainments. They could not hold administrative posts or work as doctors or lawyers. They were also forbidden to wear the style of clothes favored by the [[Grand Blancs\|wealthy white colonists]]. In spite of the disadvantages, many affranchi identified themselves culturally with France rather than with the enslaved population.	+	[[image:vincent_oge.jpg\|right\|thumb180px\|Vincent Ogé, affranchis delegate from Saint-Domingue.]]French colonial [[Saint-Domingue]] (now [[Haiti]]) had three social classes: French planters, '''affranchi''' landholders, and African [[slaves]]. The affranchi were light-skinned ([[mulattoes]]) free persons of color, the offspring of white French men and African women. As such, the affranchi had legal and social advantages over the slave classes. They were able to own land and attend some French colonial entertainments. They could not hold administrative posts or work as doctors or lawyers. They were also forbidden to wear the style of clothes favored by the [[Grand Blancs\|wealthy white colonists]]. In spite of the disadvantages, many affranchi identified themselves culturally with France rather than with the enslaved population.

	Yet many whites detested them. In fact, the term affranchi, meaning "ex-slave" was an insult term, designed to remind wealthy men and women who had been born in freedom that whites considered them still to be ex-slaves, because of their African ancestry. Whites' belief that anything linked with Africa, even by the slightest drop of blood, was abject and debasing and identified with being inferior. Mulattoes had reasoned that they had to distance themselves from their African roots in an attempt to receive more acceptance from the white colonists. One of their leaders, the indigo planter [[Julien Raimond]], claimed they owned a third of all the slaves in the colony. Many were committed to maintaining [[slavery]] in the early years of the [[French Revolution]] and Haitian Revolution.		Yet many whites detested them. In fact, the term affranchi, meaning "ex-slave" was an insult term, designed to remind wealthy men and women who had been born in freedom that whites considered them still to be ex-slaves, because of their African ancestry. Whites' belief that anything linked with Africa, even by the slightest drop of blood, was abject and debasing and identified with being inferior. Mulattoes had reasoned that they had to distance themselves from their African roots in an attempt to receive more acceptance from the white colonists. One of their leaders, the indigo planter [[Julien Raimond]], claimed they owned a third of all the slaves in the colony. Many were committed to maintaining [[slavery]] in the early years of the [[French Revolution]] and Haitian Revolution.