Description
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- Imprint from colophon.
- At head of title: No. 515.
- The Convention nationale, according to the report of the Comité de défense générale, orders all free men of the colonies, specifically Saint-Domingue, to take up arms in defense whether in legions or free companies and to organize with the respective governors and Commissaires nationaux-civils. The Governors and Commissaires are further encouraged to take whatever actions necessary to preserve order and the rule of law. Futhermore, the Convention orders the French navy to Cap-Français (Cap-Haïtien), to send troops, and gives the Ministre de la Marine the charge to organize all troops to fight the rebellion. The Commissaires nationaux-civils, Sonthonax, Polverel and Ailhaux [sic], are to decree that no citizen deported from Saint-Domingue will be allowed to return until the cessation of the troubles.
Citation
"Décret de la Convention nationale:
du 5 mars 1793, l'an 2d. de la République française, qui déclare que toutes les colonies françaises sont en état de guerre
"
(1793).
John Carter Brown Library.
Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library.
https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:580972/
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