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'''Charles-Humbert-Marie de Vincent''' also '''Colonel Vincent''' (21 March 1759 Bourg en Bresse, France - 1831) was a French engineer posted to [[Saint-Domingue]] almost without interruption from 1786 to 1800. He married a settler’s daughter but became the friend of [[Toussaint Louverture]]. Vincent opposed [[slavery]], but favoured the colony trading exclusively with France. Here he differed with Toussaint who traded with the United States and who in [[1801]] had prepared a [http://thelouvertureproject.org/wiki/index.php?title=Haitian_Constitution_of_1801_%28English%29 constitution] for Saint-Domingue. Charged with taking the text to the [[First Consul]], he attempted in vain to deter him from giving marching orders to [[General Leclerc]]. Hostile on the one hand to independence and on the other to the return of slavery, he opted for restraint, a course which was not put to the test, but whose validity [[Napoléon]] was to recognize at Saint-Helena. (Schneider)
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'''Charles-Humbert-Marie de Vincent''' also '''Colonel Vincent''' (March 21, [[1759]] Bourg en Bresse, France - 1831) was a French engineer posted to [[Saint-Domingue]] almost without interruption from 1786 to [[1800]]. He married a settler’s daughter but became the friend of [[Toussaint Louverture]]. Vincent opposed [[slavery]], but favoured the colony trading exclusively with France. Here he differed with Toussaint who traded with the United States and who in [[1801]] had prepared a [http://thelouvertureproject.org/wiki/index.php?title=Haitian_Constitution_of_1801_%28English%29 constitution] for Saint-Domingue. Charged with taking the text to the [[First Consul]], he attempted in vain to deter him from giving marching orders to [[General Leclerc]]. Hostile on the one hand to independence and on the other to the return of slavery, he opted for restraint, a course which was not put to the test, but whose validity [[Napoléon]] was to recognize at Saint-Helena. (Schneider)
  
 
"Vincent, a colonel who had earlier been sent to Haiti as a peace commissioner, tried in vain to stop [[Napoléon Bonaparte]]. ''"At the head of so many resources is a man the most active and indefatigable that can possibly be imagined"'' he wrote to the First Consul. ''"No man of the present day has acquired over an ignorant mass the boundless power obtained by [[General Toussaint]] over his brethren in [[Saint Domingo]]; he is the absolute master of the island." (Kim)
 
"Vincent, a colonel who had earlier been sent to Haiti as a peace commissioner, tried in vain to stop [[Napoléon Bonaparte]]. ''"At the head of so many resources is a man the most active and indefatigable that can possibly be imagined"'' he wrote to the First Consul. ''"No man of the present day has acquired over an ignorant mass the boundless power obtained by [[General Toussaint]] over his brethren in [[Saint Domingo]]; he is the absolute master of the island." (Kim)

Revision as of 23:59, 23 January 2006

Charles-Humbert-Marie de Vincent also Colonel Vincent (March 21, 1759 Bourg en Bresse, France - 1831) was a French engineer posted to Saint-Domingue almost without interruption from 1786 to 1800. He married a settler’s daughter but became the friend of Toussaint Louverture. Vincent opposed slavery, but favoured the colony trading exclusively with France. Here he differed with Toussaint who traded with the United States and who in 1801 had prepared a constitution for Saint-Domingue. Charged with taking the text to the First Consul, he attempted in vain to deter him from giving marching orders to General Leclerc. Hostile on the one hand to independence and on the other to the return of slavery, he opted for restraint, a course which was not put to the test, but whose validity Napoléon was to recognize at Saint-Helena. (Schneider)

"Vincent, a colonel who had earlier been sent to Haiti as a peace commissioner, tried in vain to stop Napoléon Bonaparte. "At the head of so many resources is a man the most active and indefatigable that can possibly be imagined" he wrote to the First Consul. "No man of the present day has acquired over an ignorant mass the boundless power obtained by General Toussaint over his brethren in Saint Domingo; he is the absolute master of the island." (Kim)

"For his trouble, Vincent was banished to the island of Elba, where years later he was on hand to greet Napoleon." (Kim)

See also

Reference

  • Schneider, Christian. Le colonel Vincent, officier du génie à Saint-Domingue. Annales Historiques de la Révolution Française, 329, Numéro 329.AHRF, Sommaires et résumés 1998-2004. http://ahrf.revues.org/document716.html