Philippe-Rose Roume de Saint-Laurent

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)

See Also

• The Expulsion of Commissioner Roume - letter by Toussaint Louverture (1800).
• Portrait of Toussaint by N.E. Maurin Toussaint Louverture portrait after a lost drawing of Toussaint in possession of the French envoy Philippe Rose Roume de Saint-Laurent.

References

• Beard, J. R. (John Relly) (1863). Toussaint L'Ouverture: A Biography and Autobiography. Chapel Hill, NC: Academic Affairs Library, UNC-CH. Online Publication
• Parkinson, Wenda (1978). This Gilded African. London: Quartet Books. ISBN 0-7043-2187-4
• Williams, Kevin. http://historicaltextarchive.com/sections.php?op=viewarticle&artid=630
• The Quesnel Family. "The Quesnels of Herbert Street." http://www.quesnels.com/history.htm