Petits Blancs

Petits blancs - (literally: little whites). The petits blancs were the poor, white underclass of Saint-Domingue, including artisans and laborers. The petit blancs had an intense hatred for the usually much wealthier group of the mulatto affranchis, whith whom they had to compete economically.

See Blancs for further details.

See also

• Grands Blancs
• History of the Disasters in Saint-Domingue - Text by a French man, describing the reaction of the petits blancs to the beginning of the Haitian Revolution.