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'''Philippe Rose Roume de Saint-Laurent''' ''(Roume)'' arrived in [[Saint-Domingue]] on [[November 29]], [[1791]] as a French Commissioner with some experience.  He replaced Gen. [[Gabriel Hédouville]], who had done his best to work against -- and utlimately to defeat -- [[Toussaint]]. (Williams) A native of Grenada, Roume had been a commissioner in Tobago and a key figure in the development of Trinidad. ([[Beard]] and Quesnels)
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'''Philippe-Rose Roume de Saint-Laurent''' ''(Roume)'' arrived in [[Saint-Domingue]] on [[November 29]], [[1791]] as a French Commissioner with some experience.  He replaced Gen. [[Gabriel Hédouville]], who had done his best to work against -- and utlimately to defeat -- [[Toussaint]]. (Williams) A native of Grenada, Roume had been a commissioner in Tobago and a key figure in the development of Trinidad. ([[Beard]] and Quesnels)
  
 
When he arrived in [[Saint-Domingue]], Roume "announced to the Assembly (in [[Le Cap]]) that [the Commissioners] were expecting the imminent arrival of a large body of trained troops."  He knew full well this wasn't true, or wasn't likely.  ([[This Gilded African|Parkinson]], p. 60)  Roume returned to [[Saint-Domingue]] in [[1796]], along with [[Léger Félicité Sonthonax]] and [[Julien Raimond]].  ([[This Gilded African|Parkinson]], p. 103)
 
When he arrived in [[Saint-Domingue]], Roume "announced to the Assembly (in [[Le Cap]]) that [the Commissioners] were expecting the imminent arrival of a large body of trained troops."  He knew full well this wasn't true, or wasn't likely.  ([[This Gilded African|Parkinson]], p. 60)  Roume returned to [[Saint-Domingue]] in [[1796]], along with [[Léger Félicité Sonthonax]] and [[Julien Raimond]].  ([[This Gilded African|Parkinson]], p. 103)

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Philippe-Rose Roume de Saint-Laurent (Roume) arrived in Saint-Domingue on November 29, 1791 as a French Commissioner with some experience. He replaced Gen. Gabriel Hédouville, who had done his best to work against -- and utlimately to defeat -- Toussaint. (Williams) A native of Grenada, Roume had been a commissioner in Tobago and a key figure in the development of Trinidad. (Beard and Quesnels)

When he arrived in Saint-Domingue, Roume "announced to the Assembly (in Le Cap) that [the Commissioners] were expecting the imminent arrival of a large body of trained troops." He knew full well this wasn't true, or wasn't likely. (Parkinson, p. 60) Roume returned to Saint-Domingue in 1796, along with Léger Félicité Sonthonax and Julien Raimond. (Parkinson, p. 103)

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