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| − | '''Étienne Polverel''' [sometimes erroneously spelled Polveral] (1742 Beam, France - 1795 Paris) – Arrived in [[Le Cap]] aboard the ''America'' as a Civil Commissioner to [[Saint-Domingue]] on [[17 September]], [[1792]], along with [[Léger Félicité Sonthonax]] and [[Jean-Antoine Ailhaud]]. ([[Avengers of the New World|Dubois]], p. 142) Polverel was given charge of the West, and when [[Ailhaud]] abandoned his post, he took responsibility for the South as well. ([[The Making of Haiti|Fick]], p. 315 n3) | + | '''Étienne Polverel''' [sometimes erroneously spelled Polveral] (1742 Beam, France - [[1795]] Paris, France) – Arrived in [[Le Cap]] aboard the ''America'' as a Civil Commissioner to [[Saint-Domingue]] on [[17 September]], [[1792]], along with [[Léger Félicité Sonthonax]] and [[Jean-Antoine Ailhaud]]. ([[Avengers of the New World|Dubois]], p. 142) Polverel was given charge of the West, and when [[Ailhaud]] abandoned his post, he took responsibility for the South as well. ([[The Making of Haiti|Fick]], p. 315 n3) |
When Polverel's son was seized as a hostage, [[François_Galbaud_du_Fort |General Galbaud]] proposed to exchange the boy for the general's brother, [[César Galbaud]], who had been taken prisoner by the Commissioners. ([[Written In Blood|Heinl]], p. 56) Polverel replied: "I adore my son, but he cannot be exchanged for the life of a traitor. Please do not refer to this matter again." ([[This Gilded African|Parkinson]], p. 68) | When Polverel's son was seized as a hostage, [[François_Galbaud_du_Fort |General Galbaud]] proposed to exchange the boy for the general's brother, [[César Galbaud]], who had been taken prisoner by the Commissioners. ([[Written In Blood|Heinl]], p. 56) Polverel replied: "I adore my son, but he cannot be exchanged for the life of a traitor. Please do not refer to this matter again." ([[This Gilded African|Parkinson]], p. 68) | ||
| − | Polverel followed his fellow commisioners [[Sonthonax]] [[29 August]], [[1793]] proclamation abolishing slavery in the North of [[Saint-Domingue]] ([http://web.upmf-grenoble.fr/Haiti/proclamation_1793.htm French text]) two weeks later, in September 1793, by a similar decree, thus abolishing slavery in the rest of the colony. | + | Polverel followed his fellow commisioners [[Sonthonax]] [[29 August]], [[1793]] proclamation abolishing slavery in the North of [[Saint-Domingue]] ([http://web.upmf-grenoble.fr/Haiti/proclamation_1793.htm French text]) two weeks later, in September [[1793]], by a similar decree, thus abolishing slavery in the rest of the colony. |
| − | Étienne Polverel was a lawyer, and was appointed a French public prosecutor in 1791. He died in April 1795, shortly after the beginning of a trial in which he and [[Sonthonax]] were accused by white colonists of treasonous activities in [[Saint-Domingue]]. The long trial ended in August, and the Commissioners were exonerated of this charge. | + | Étienne Polverel was a lawyer, and was appointed a French public prosecutor in [[1791]]. He died in April 1795, shortly after the beginning of a trial in which he and [[Sonthonax]] were accused by white colonists of treasonous activities in [[Saint-Domingue]]. The long trial ended in August, and the Commissioners were exonerated of this charge. |
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
* [[Sonthonax Broadside (1793)]] | * [[Sonthonax Broadside (1793)]] | ||
| − | *[[:Category:Commissioners]] | + | * [[:Category:Commissioners]] |
==References== | ==References== | ||
Revision as of 09:37, 16 January 2006
Étienne Polverel [sometimes erroneously spelled Polveral] (1742 Beam, France - 1795 Paris, France) – Arrived in Le Cap aboard the America as a Civil Commissioner to Saint-Domingue on 17 September, 1792, along with Léger Félicité Sonthonax and Jean-Antoine Ailhaud. (Dubois, p. 142) Polverel was given charge of the West, and when Ailhaud abandoned his post, he took responsibility for the South as well. (Fick, p. 315 n3)
When Polverel's son was seized as a hostage, General Galbaud proposed to exchange the boy for the general's brother, César Galbaud, who had been taken prisoner by the Commissioners. (Heinl, p. 56) Polverel replied: "I adore my son, but he cannot be exchanged for the life of a traitor. Please do not refer to this matter again." (Parkinson, p. 68)
Polverel followed his fellow commisioners Sonthonax 29 August, 1793 proclamation abolishing slavery in the North of Saint-Domingue (French text) two weeks later, in September 1793, by a similar decree, thus abolishing slavery in the rest of the colony.
Étienne Polverel was a lawyer, and was appointed a French public prosecutor in 1791. He died in April 1795, shortly after the beginning of a trial in which he and Sonthonax were accused by white colonists of treasonous activities in Saint-Domingue. The long trial ended in August, and the Commissioners were exonerated of this charge.
See also
References
- Heinl, Robert Debs, Jr; Heinl, Nancy Gordon; & Heinl, Michael (Rev. & Exp) (1996). Written In Blood: The Story of the Haitian People, 1492–1995 (Revised edition). Lanham, MD: University Press of America. ISBN 0-7618-0230-4.
- Dubois, Laurent. (2004). Avengers of the New World: The Story of the Haitian Revolution. Cambridge, MA: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press. ISBN 0-674-01304-2.
- Parkinson, Wenda (1978). This Gilded African. London: Quartet Books. ISBN 0-7043-2187-4
- Fick, Carolyn E. (1990). The Making of Haiti: The Saint Domingue Revolution from Below. Knoxville: The University of Tennessee Press. ISBN 0-87049-667-0.
