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Polverel followed his fellow commisioners [[Sonthonax]] August 29, 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]] August 29, 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 having been the principal cause of the troubles in Saint-Domingue. At the end of the nine-months-long trial, the Commissioners were exonerated of this charge.
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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. At the end of the nine-months-long trial, the Commissioners were exonerated of this charge.
  
 
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Revision as of 11:58, 1 December 2005

Étienne Polverel (1742 Beam, France - 1795 Paris) – Arrived in Le Cap aboard the America as a Civil Commissioner to Saint-Domingue on September 17, 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 August 29, 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. At the end of the nine-months-long trial, the Commissioners were exonerated of this charge.

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References

  • 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.