1790

In 1790 the Saint-Domingue affranchis planter Julien Raimond succeeded for the first time in making the issue of racial equality into the leading colonial question before the French National Assembly.

Around 1790[, Africans made up two thirds of the slave population in Saint-Domingue. (Casimir)

November

• In November Blanchelande becomes the Governor General of Saint-Domingue, he will remain in his post until 1792. He was excetuted in 1793 in Paris for his failure to stem the growing tide of the Haitian Revolution.
• On November 20 the mulatto rebel Vincent Ogé and 23 of his associates are captured in Hinche.

References

• Casmir, H. E. Jean, Ambassador of the Republic of Haiti to the United States, 1991-1997. Featured address: "From Saint-Domingue to Haiti: Vivre de nouveau ou vivre enfin." The Haitian Revolution: Viewed 200 Years After, an International Scholarly Conference. John Carter Brown Library, Providence, RI. June 17, 2004.