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In Saint-Domingue, the gens de couleur (free men of color) demand equal rights with free Whites based on The Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen. -
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The French National Assembly granted free Blacks full French rights in Saint Domingue. The White colonist refused to implement the decision and the Blacks revolted. Within a short period of time, 2,000 whites and 10,000 Blacks and Mulattos are dead. -
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Ten to fifteen thousand slaves in Haiti rise in armed rebellion seeking freedom for their leaders (not necessarily themselves), additional free days during the week, and abolition of the whip as punishment. However, colonists refuse to negotiate at all. Meanwhile the slave forces continue to grow, reaching nearly 40,000 by the end of July.