A particular account of the commencement and progress of the insurrection of the Negroes in St. Domingo, : which began in August last. Being a translation of the speech made to the National assembly, the 3d of November, 1791, by the deputies from the gene
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Bissainthe gives place of publication as [Paris?]; ESTC gives place of publication as [Port-au-Prince]; other English editions probably printed in London, 1791 and 1792 Translation of: Discours fait à l'Assemblée nationale, le 3 novembre, 1791, first printed Paris, 1791 Some successive editions have title: A particular account of the insurrection of the Negroes of St. Domingo Ragatz suggests that the publisher was an organization known as the West India Planters and Merchants Cf. Ragatz, L.J. Brit. Caribbean history, p. 446 Chronicles, in detail, the many bloody instances of destruction, killings and burnings of plantations and their planters by the slaves during their revolts in 1791. The Commissaires appeal to the Assemblée nationale and France for their help to re-establish the rule of law in Satint-Domingue Signed on p. 33: J.B. Millet and 6 others Signatures: A-D E² Sabin Bissainthe, M. Dict. de bib. haïtienne Goldsmiths' Lib. cat
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