An Account of the Insurrection in St. Domingo: Begun in August 1791, Taken from Authentic SourcesWilliam Blackwood, 1833 - 59 sider |
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8th March Abbé Gregoire accused Acul alarm Amis des Noirs arms assassinated Blin's blood Brissot British Cagnet calamities calculated camp Cape citizens colonists colour counter-revolutionist cruelty Declaration of Rights decree Desgrieux's despair despotism destroyed disposition districts Dondon dreadful duty emancipation endeavoured enemies established excited favour feelings fellow creatures France French colonies Frenchmen Gallifet gangs Governor-General gradations of rank Hispaniola horrors humanity indignation INSURRECTION IN ST island Jacobins Jamaica justice King LADY STAIR'S CLOSE laws Leogane liberty Limbé massacre masters measures meliorated midst misery misfortunes mother country mulattoes murdered National Assembly negroes in Africa northern province obtain Ogé owes us protection perish PETER BROWN Petite Anse plantation planters plot Port Margot prey privilege proceeded proces-verbal remonstrances revolters ringleaders Robespierre ruin seize sentiments set fire situation slave trade slavery society St Domingo succour sword three thousand tion Touzard town tranquillity treaty of Ryswick troops victims white inhabitants
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Side 8 - By this decree it was declared and enacted, " that the people of colour resident in the French colonies, born of free parents, were entitled to, as of right, and should be allowed the enjoyment of, all the privileges of French citizens, and, among others, to those of having votes in the choice of representatives, and of being eligible to seats both in the parochial and colonial assemblies.
Side 463 - that it never was the intention of the assembly to comprehend the interior government of the colonies in the constitution which they had framed for the mother country, or to subject them to laws which were incompatible with their local establishments: they therefore authorize the inhabitants of each colony to signify to the national assembly their sentiments and wishes concerning that plan of interior legislation and commercial arrangement which would be most conducive to their prosperity.
Side 463 - That it never was the intention of the assembly to comprehend the interior government of the colonies in the constitution which they, had framed for the mother country, or to subject them to laws which were incompatible with their local establishments: they therefore authorize the inhabitants of each colony to signify to the National Assembly their sentiments and wishes concerning that plan of interior legislation and commercial arrangement, which would be most conducive to their piosperity.
Side 44 - Of the 82d regiment, no less than 630 became victims to the climate within the short space of ten weeks after their landing. In one of its companies no more than three rank and file were fit for duty. Hompesch's regiment of hussars was reduced in little more than two months from 1,000 to 300, and the 96th regiment perished to a man ! By the 30th of September, 1796, the registers of mortality displayed a mournful diminution of no less than 7,530 of the British forces only...
Side 55 - ... seem disposed to put aside. Yes, Sir, if the condition of the slave is to be improved, that improvement must be introduced through the medium of his master. The masters are the instruments through whom, and by whom, you must act upon the slave...
Side 18 - who had been most kindly treated by their masters, were the soul of the insurrection. It was they who betrayed and delivered their humane masters to the assassin's sword ; it was they who seduced and stirred up to revolt the gangs disposed to fidelity. It was they who massacred whomsoever refused to become their accomplice. What a lesson for the Amis des Noirsf " ' Upon this part of the address,
Side 26 - Egypt, seem to rival, in ferocity and barbarity, the hyaenas and tigers which nature has there created. Slavery is, with them, a title of honour ; and life, in these horrible climates, is a possession unprotected by any laws, and held only at the will of a sanguinary despot. Let any man of feeling and information compare the deplorable state of the negroes in Africa with the mild...
Side 55 - ... improvement must be introduced through the medium of his master. The masters are the instruments through whom, and by whom, you must act upon the slave population : — and if by any proceedings of ours we shall unhappily place between the slave and his master the barrier of insurmountable hostility, we shall at once put an end to the best chance of emancipation or even of amendment. Instead of diffusing gradually over those dark regions a pure and salutary light, we may at once kindle a flame...
Side 27 - ... last ten years) with an anxiety of which you will find no example in Europe. The sincerest attachment connected the master and his slaves. We slept in security in the midst of men that were become our children, and many of us had neither locks nor bars to our houses. Not that we would disguise to you, that there did exist, among the planters, a very small number of hard and ferocious masters ; but what was the lot of these wicked men ? Blasted in their fame, detested by men of character, outcasts...
Side 11 - Chabaud saw, pursued, and overtook him ; they fought ; the negro was wounded, taken, arid put in irons. Being interrogated, he deposed, " That all the drivers, coachmen, domestics, and confidential negroes of the neighbouring plantations and adjacent districts, had formed a plot to set fire to the plantations, and to murder all the whites.