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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. | 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. | ||
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| + | Around '''1790'''[, Africans made up two thirds of the slave population in Saint-Domingue. (Casimir) | ||
==November== | ==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. | * 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. | * On '''November 20''' the [[mulatto]] rebel [[Vincent Ogé]] and 23 of his associates are captured in Hinche. | ||
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| + | ==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. | ||
[[Category:Dates of the Haitian Revolution]] | [[Category:Dates of the Haitian Revolution]] | ||
Revision as of 13:12, 15 February 2006
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.
