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[[The Expulsion of Commissioner Roume]] - letter by Toussaint Louverture (1800)
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Revision as of 09:45, 11 December 2005

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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