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Antilles - Manuscript. Extract from the Registres des Délibérations des Consuls de la République. Paris le 7 brumaire an 10 de la République une et indivisible [1801]. Manuscript of 3 pages and 1 blank page in-4. Only the header is printed. 5 printed lines and 53 handwritten lines, (brown stain in lower margin) in marbled paper folder, granite brown calf slipcase, ornate smooth spine, red morocco title page (modern binding). Exceptional document on the organization of Saint-Domingue signed by Decrès, Minister of the Navy and Colonies. It is a true copy signed by the Minister for Bonaparte, First Consul. At the end of the Ancien Régime, the island of Saint-Domingue was occupied by both Spanish and French colonies. The much wealthier and more prosperous French settlers were mainly located in the western part of the island. From the outset, the French colonists were suspicious of, and even hostile to, the new political situation created by the French Revolution. Hoping to benefit from equal rights, the black slaves, ultimately disappointed, revolted in 1791 (following the decree of the Constituent Assembly confirming slavery). Some of them, led by Toussaint Louverture, crossed over to the Spanish camp. The Spanish colonists hoped to take advantage of the disorder reigning in the French colonies, torn between the revolutionaries and the royalist colonists (supported by the English). Following the abolition of slavery in February 1794, the French colonists allied themselves with the Spanish and English against the revolutionary forces. Louverture and his men joined the revolutionary camp and achieved real military success (he was made a major general by the Directoire in 1796). But Louverture wanted a Constitution for Saint-Domingue as early as July 1801, thus realizing his autonomist aims. Bonaparte, then First Consul, sent Leclerc, his brother-in-law, to quell the rebellion. Although this expedition to Saint-Domingue led to Louverture's arrest, it failed to bring the island back into the French fold (Rochambeau capitulation, November 1803). With the fall of the Empire, Spain recovered its former possessions, while the originally French part of the island became independent under the name of Haiti. This document, dated October 29, 1801 (7 brumaire An X), shows Bonaparte's determination to regain control over Louverture's desire for independence. It preceded by a few weeks the dispatch of consular troops to the island (December 1801). In November 1801, in an open letter to the inhabitants of Saint-Domingue, Bonaparte, a shrewd strategist, tried to reassure the insurgents by guaranteeing them equal civil rights (whereas Louverture had scalded the Blacks by re-establishing a form of slavery).

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Antilles - Manuscript. Extract from the Registres des Délibérations des Consuls de la République. Paris le 7 brumaire an 10 de la République une et indivisible [1801]. Manuscript of 3 pages and 1 blank page in-4. Only the header is printed. 5 printed lines and 53 handwritten lines, (brown stain in lower margin) in marbled paper folder, granite brown calf slipcase, ornate smooth spine, red morocco title page (modern binding). Exceptional document on the organization of Saint-Domingue signed by Decrès, Minister of the Navy and Colonies. It is a true copy signed by the Minister for Bonaparte, First Consul. At the end of the Ancien Régime, the island of Saint-Domingue was occupied by both Spanish and French colonies. The much wealthier and more prosperous French settlers were mainly located in the western part of the island. From the outset, the French colonists were suspicious of, and even hostile to, the new political situation created by the French Revolution. Hoping to benefit from equal rights, the black slaves, ultimately disappointed, revolted in 1791 (following the decree of the Constituent Assembly confirming slavery). Some of them, led by Toussaint Louverture, crossed over to the Spanish camp. The Spanish colonists hoped to take advantage of the disorder reigning in the French colonies, torn between the revolutionaries and the royalist colonists (supported by the English). Following the abolition of slavery in February 1794, the French colonists allied themselves with the Spanish and English against the revolutionary forces. Louverture and his men joined the revolutionary camp and achieved real military success (he was made a major general by the Directoire in 1796). But Louverture wanted a Constitution for Saint-Domingue as early as July 1801, thus realizing his autonomist aims. Bonaparte, then First Consul, sent Leclerc, his brother-in-law, to quell the rebellion. Although this expedition to Saint-Domingue led to Louverture's arrest, it failed to bring the island back into the French fold (Rochambeau capitulation, November 1803). With the fall of the Empire, Spain recovered its former possessions, while the originally French part of the island became independent under the name of Haiti. This document, dated October 29, 1801 (7 brumaire An X), shows Bonaparte's determination to regain control over Louverture's desire for independence. It preceded by a few weeks the dispatch of consular troops to the island (December 1801). In November 1801, in an open letter to the inhabitants of Saint-Domingue, Bonaparte, a shrewd strategist, tried to reassure the insurgents by guaranteeing them equal civil rights (whereas Louverture had scalded the Blacks by re-establishing a form of slavery).

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