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Book/Printed Material Défénse des colons de Saint-Domingue, ou, Examen rapide de la nouvelle Déclaration des droits de l'homme, en ce qu'elle a particulièrement de relatif aux colonies Examen des droits de l'homme / Défénse des colons de Saint-Domingue / Examen rapide de la nouvelle Déclaration des droits de l'homme, en ce qu'elle a particulièrement de relatif aux colonies

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Title

  • Défénse des colons de Saint-Domingue, ou, Examen rapide de la nouvelle Déclaration des droits de l'homme, en ce qu'elle a particulièrement de relatif aux colonies

Other Title

  • Examen des droits de l'homme
  • Défénse des colons de Saint-Domingue
  • Examen rapide de la nouvelle Déclaration des droits de l'homme, en ce qu'elle a particulièrement de relatif aux colonies

Translated Title

  • Defense of the settlers of Saint Dominique, or, A quick look at the new declaration of the rights of man, particularly as it relates to the colonies

Summary

  • The French Revolution of 1789 had enormous repercussions in France's Caribbean colonies. In August 1791, slaves in the colony of Saint-Domingue staged a massive revolt, setting in train the chain of events that ultimately led to the founding of Haiti in 1804. In 1792, the de facto government of revolutionary France sent commissioners to the colony to enforce a decree by the National Assembly that enfranchised free blacks and mulattoes, but that did not yet free the colony's slaves. Under growing pressure from the revolt and threatened by invading British forces, in late 1793 commissioner Léger Félicité Sonthonax issued a decree freeing the slaves. An estimated 10,000 French settlers from Saint-Domingue fled to the United States, where many of them agitated for the return of their colonial properties. This work of 1796, in French but published in Philadelphia, is an appeal for the protection and restoration of the former colonists' rights. It is written with reference to the principles in the Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man and of the Citizen, drafted by the National Convention and put into effect on October 26, 1795, as a modified version of the original Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen, adopted by the National Assembly in August 1789. World Digital Library.

Names

  • Bordes, J. Marie de.
  • American Imprint Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • [Philadelphia : Moreau de St.-Méry], 1796.

Headings

  • -  France.--Déclaration des droits de l'homme et du citoyen
  • -  Haiti--Politics and government--1791-1804

Notes

  • -  Place of publication and publisher from Courrier de la France et des colonies, Mar. 4, 1796.
  • -  Signatures: [A]⁶ B-P⁶.
  • -  ESTC W1596
  • -  Evans 30736
  • -  LAC snh 2019-06-13 no edits (1 card)

Medium

  • 179, [1] p. ; 19 cm. (12mo)

Call Number/Physical Location

  • F1923 .B72

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 20010897

Online Format

  • pdf
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Bordes, J. Marie De, and American Imprint Collection. Défénse des colons de Saint-Domingue, ou, Examen rapide de la nouvelle Déclaration des droits de l'homme, en ce qu'elle a particulièrement de relatif aux colonies. [Philadelphia: Moreau de St.-Méry, 1796] Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/20010897/.

APA citation style:

Bordes, J. M. D. & American Imprint Collection. (1796) Défénse des colons de Saint-Domingue, ou, Examen rapide de la nouvelle Déclaration des droits de l'homme, en ce qu'elle a particulièrement de relatif aux colonies. [Philadelphia: Moreau de St.-Méry] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/20010897/.

MLA citation style:

Bordes, J. Marie De, and American Imprint Collection. Défénse des colons de Saint-Domingue, ou, Examen rapide de la nouvelle Déclaration des droits de l'homme, en ce qu'elle a particulièrement de relatif aux colonies. [Philadelphia: Moreau de St.-Méry, 1796] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/20010897/>.