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	'''Philippe-Rose Roume de Saint-Laurent''' (also ''Roume'' ) arrived in [[Saint-Domingue]] on November 29, [[1791]] as a French Commissioner,with some experience. Roume arrived with fellow Comissioners [[Mirbeck]] and [[Saint-Léger]]. He replaced [[Gabriel Hédouville]], who had done his best to work against -- and utlimately to defeat -- [[Toussaint]]. (Williams) A native of Grenada, Roume had been a commissioner in Tobago and a key figure in the development of Trinidad. ([[Beard]] and Quesnels)		'''Philippe-Rose Roume de Saint-Laurent''' (also ''Roume'' ) arrived in [[Saint-Domingue]] on November 29, [[1791]] as a French Commissioner,with some experience. Roume arrived with fellow Comissioners [[Mirbeck]] and [[Saint-Léger]]. He replaced [[Gabriel Hédouville]], who had done his best to work against -- and utlimately to defeat -- [[Toussaint]]. (Williams) A native of Grenada, Roume had been a commissioner in Tobago and a key figure in the development of Trinidad. ([[Beard]] and Quesnels)

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-[[image:t_louverture_portrait.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Portrait of [[Toussaint Louverture]] by N. Maurin (1838). After a lost drawing in possession of the French envoy Roume.]]'''Philippe-Rose Roume de Saint-Laurent''' (also ''Roume'' ) arrived in [[Saint-Domingue]] on November 29, [[1791]] as a French Commissioner,with some experience.  Roume arrived with fellow Comissioners [[Mirbeck]] and [[Saint-Léger]]. He replaced [[Gabriel Hédouville]], who had done his best to work against -- and utlimately to defeat -- [[Toussaint]]. (Williams) A native of Grenada, Roume had been a commissioner in Tobago and a key figure in the development of Trinidad. ([[Beard]] and Quesnels)
+[[image:t_louverture_portrait.jpg|left|thumb|200px|Portrait of [[Toussaint Louverture]]]]
 When he arrived in [[Saint-Domingue]], Roume "announced to the Assembly (in [[Le Cap]]) that [the Commissioners] were expecting the imminent arrival of a large body of trained troops."  He knew full well this wasn't true, or wasn't likely.  ([[This Gilded African|Parkinson]], p. 60)  Roume returned to [[Saint-Domingue]] in [[1796]], along with [[Léger Félicité Sonthonax]] and [[Julien Raimond]].  ([[This Gilded African|Parkinson]], p. 103)
-Korngold writes about an occasion when [[Toussaint]] witnessed Roume being locked in a chicken shack by a mob; "[Toussaint was] ...apparently ignorant of the indignity inflicted upon the representative of the French Republic. His ignorance lasted nine days then he allowed himself to be informed and professed to be greatly shocked." ([[Citizen Toussaint|Korngold]] p. 189)
+[[image:colonial_letterhead_st_domi.jpg|right|300px]] Korngold writes about an occasion when [[Toussaint]] witnessed Roume being locked in a chicken shack by a mob; "[Toussaint was] ...apparently ignorant of the indignity inflicted upon the representative of the French Republic. His ignorance lasted nine days then he allowed himself to be informed and professed to be greatly shocked." ([[Citizen Toussaint|Korngold]] p. 189)
 Roume was expelled from Saint-Domingue by Toussaint Louverture at the end of [[1800]].

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−	[[image:t_louverture_portrait.jpg\|right\|thumb\|200px\|Portrait of [[Toussaint Louverture]] by N. Maurin (1838). After a lost drawing in possession of the French envoy Roume.]]'''Philippe-Rose Roume de Saint-Laurent''' (also ''Roume'' ) arrived in [[Saint-Domingue]] on November 29, [[1791]] as a French Commissioner with some experience. He replaced ~~Gen.~~ [[Gabriel Hédouville]], who had done his best to work against -- and utlimately to defeat -- [[Toussaint]]. (Williams) A native of Grenada, Roume had been a commissioner in Tobago and a key figure in the development of Trinidad. ([[Beard]] and Quesnels)	+	[[image:t_louverture_portrait.jpg\|right\|thumb\|200px\|Portrait of [[Toussaint Louverture]] by N. Maurin (1838). After a lost drawing in possession of the French envoy Roume.]]'''Philippe-Rose Roume de Saint-Laurent''' (also ''Roume'' ) arrived in [[Saint-Domingue]] on November 29, [[1791]] as a French Commissioner,with some experience. Roume arrived with fellow Comissioners [[Mirbeck]] and [[Saint-Léger]]. He replaced [[Gabriel Hédouville]], who had done his best to work against -- and utlimately to defeat -- [[Toussaint]]. (Williams) A native of Grenada, Roume had been a commissioner in Tobago and a key figure in the development of Trinidad. ([[Beard]] and Quesnels)

	When he arrived in [[Saint-Domingue]], Roume "announced to the Assembly (in [[Le Cap]]) that [the Commissioners] were expecting the imminent arrival of a large body of trained troops." He knew full well this wasn't true, or wasn't likely. ([[This Gilded African\|Parkinson]], p. 60) Roume returned to [[Saint-Domingue]] in [[1796]], along with [[Léger Félicité Sonthonax]] and [[Julien Raimond]]. ([[This Gilded African\|Parkinson]], p. 103)		When he arrived in [[Saint-Domingue]], Roume "announced to the Assembly (in [[Le Cap]]) that [the Commissioners] were expecting the imminent arrival of a large body of trained troops." He knew full well this wasn't true, or wasn't likely. ([[This Gilded African\|Parkinson]], p. 60) Roume returned to [[Saint-Domingue]] in [[1796]], along with [[Léger Félicité Sonthonax]] and [[Julien Raimond]]. ([[This Gilded African\|Parkinson]], p. 103)

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 *[[The Expulsion of Commissioner Roume]] - letter by Toussaint Louverture (1800).
 *[http://thelouvertureproject.org/wiki/index.php?title=Image:T_louverture_portrait.jpg Portrait of Toussaint by N.E. Maurin] Toussaint Louverture portrait after a lost drawing of [[Toussaint]] in possession of the French envoy Philippe Rose Roume de Saint-Laurent.
 ==References==

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 * The Quesnel Family. "The Quesnels of Herbert Street."  http://www.quesnels.com/history.htm
-* Williams, Kevin.   http://historicaltextarchive.com/sections.php?op=viewarticle&artid=630
+* Williams, Kevin.  [http://historicaltextarchive.com/sections.php?op=viewarticle&artid=630 http://historicaltextarchive.com]

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 Roume was expelled from Saint-Domingue by Toussaint Louverture at the end of [[1800]].
-==Roume and Jean-Paul Marat==
+===Roume and Jean-Paul Marat===
 Roume de Saint-Laurent did use his influence in Spain, to obtain the directorship of the Academy of Sciences in Madrid for Jean-Paul Marat, a leading figure of the [[French Revolution]]. (Belfort Bax chapter III)

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−	'''Philippe-Rose Roume de Saint-Laurent''' (also ''Roume'' ) arrived in [[Saint-Domingue]] on November 29, [[1791]] as a French Commissioner with some experience. He replaced Gen. [[Gabriel Hédouville]], who had done his best to work against -- and utlimately to defeat -- [[Toussaint]]. (Williams) A native of Grenada, Roume had been a commissioner in Tobago and a key figure in the development of Trinidad. ([[Beard]] and Quesnels)	+	[[image:t_louverture_portrait.jpg\|right\|thumb\|200px\|Portrait of [[Toussaint Louverture]] by N. Maurin (1838). After a lost drawing in possession of the French envoy Roume.]]'''Philippe-Rose Roume de Saint-Laurent''' (also ''Roume'' ) arrived in [[Saint-Domingue]] on November 29, [[1791]] as a French Commissioner with some experience. He replaced Gen. [[Gabriel Hédouville]], who had done his best to work against -- and utlimately to defeat -- [[Toussaint]]. (Williams) A native of Grenada, Roume had been a commissioner in Tobago and a key figure in the development of Trinidad. ([[Beard]] and Quesnels)

	When he arrived in [[Saint-Domingue]], Roume "announced to the Assembly (in [[Le Cap]]) that [the Commissioners] were expecting the imminent arrival of a large body of trained troops." He knew full well this wasn't true, or wasn't likely. ([[This Gilded African\|Parkinson]], p. 60) Roume returned to [[Saint-Domingue]] in [[1796]], along with [[Léger Félicité Sonthonax]] and [[Julien Raimond]]. ([[This Gilded African\|Parkinson]], p. 103)		When he arrived in [[Saint-Domingue]], Roume "announced to the Assembly (in [[Le Cap]]) that [the Commissioners] were expecting the imminent arrival of a large body of trained troops." He knew full well this wasn't true, or wasn't likely. ([[This Gilded African\|Parkinson]], p. 60) Roume returned to [[Saint-Domingue]] in [[1796]], along with [[Léger Félicité Sonthonax]] and [[Julien Raimond]]. ([[This Gilded African\|Parkinson]], p. 103)

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−	'''Philippe-Rose Roume de Saint-Laurent''' ''(Roume)'' arrived in [[Saint-Domingue]] on [[November 29]], [[1791]] as a French Commissioner with some experience. He replaced Gen. [[Gabriel Hédouville]], who had done his best to work against -- and utlimately to defeat -- [[Toussaint]]. (Williams) A native of Grenada, Roume had been a commissioner in Tobago and a key figure in the development of Trinidad. ([[Beard]] and Quesnels)	+	'''Philippe-Rose Roume de Saint-Laurent''' (also ''Roume'' ) arrived in [[Saint-Domingue]] on November 29, [[1791]] as a French Commissioner with some experience. He replaced Gen. [[Gabriel Hédouville]], who had done his best to work against -- and utlimately to defeat -- [[Toussaint]]. (Williams) A native of Grenada, Roume had been a commissioner in Tobago and a key figure in the development of Trinidad. ([[Beard]] and Quesnels)

	When he arrived in [[Saint-Domingue]], Roume "announced to the Assembly (in [[Le Cap]]) that [the Commissioners] were expecting the imminent arrival of a large body of trained troops." He knew full well this wasn't true, or wasn't likely. ([[This Gilded African\|Parkinson]], p. 60) Roume returned to [[Saint-Domingue]] in [[1796]], along with [[Léger Félicité Sonthonax]] and [[Julien Raimond]]. ([[This Gilded African\|Parkinson]], p. 103)		When he arrived in [[Saint-Domingue]], Roume "announced to the Assembly (in [[Le Cap]]) that [the Commissioners] were expecting the imminent arrival of a large body of trained troops." He knew full well this wasn't true, or wasn't likely. ([[This Gilded African\|Parkinson]], p. 60) Roume returned to [[Saint-Domingue]] in [[1796]], along with [[Léger Félicité Sonthonax]] and [[Julien Raimond]]. ([[This Gilded African\|Parkinson]], p. 103)