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Fragmented Haiti Crisis Dispatches From Assembly
Reports from the General Assembly of Saint-Domingue describe Mulattoes leading rebels, restoring old government forms at Leogane and Grand-Goâna, with port city fires and clashes in Port-au-Prince. Whites, regular troops, and artillery battle across the capital as fires burn twenty-seven small islands’ buildings. Discussions cover foreign meddling, defense frontiers, and proposed troop expansions while authorities seek succor and discipline. The text records Letters, proclamations, and the ongoing tension between colonial loyalty and rebellion.
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Heuillens
Grand Goa
Francois
Louis XVI
Colonial Assembly
Port Au Prince
Colonial Committee
M. Loufalt
Procureux General Syndic
M. d’Osterre
Ost
Spain
Miviter
Pert
Perpignan
Bayonne
Debry
Monsieur
Louis Stanislas Xavier
France
France. After‘a Short-Debarty “It Was Adopted, and the Committee of Législation
St. Croix
Klour
Rowan
Empire
MayreTex
Ama
M. de Blanchelande
Port Ax
Seguin
Croix Aux Bouquets
M. de Narbonne
M. de_St.’ Croix