A particular account of the commencement and progress of the insurrection of the Negroes in St. Domingo, : which began in August 1791: being a translation of the speech made to the National Assembly, the 3d of November 1791, by the deputies from the Gener
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Translation of: Discours fait à l'Assemblée nationale, le 3 novembre 1791, first printed Paris, 1791 Some previous and successive editions have title: A particular account of the insurrection of the Negroes of St. Domingo Ragatz suggests that previous editions unattributed to any printer were published by an organization known as the West India Planters and Merchants Cf. Ragatz, L.J. Brit. Caribbean history, p. 446 Cf. Bissainthe, M. Dict. de bib. haïtienne, 7264 Chronicles, in detail, the many bloody instances of destruction, killings and burnings of the plantations and their planters by the slaves during their revolts in 1791. The Commissaires appeal to the Assemblée nationale and France for their help in re-establishing the rule of law in Saint-Domingue Signed on p. 32: J.B. Millet and 6 others Signatures: [A]² B-G (G4 verso blank) Sabin ESTC Goldsmiths' Lib. cat. Brown, J.C. Cat., 1483-1800 John Carter Brown Library copy bound as 1st item of 2 with: Notices on the slave-trade: in reference to the present state of the British Isles/ George Harrison, London, 1804
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