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Hundreds of these "gens de couleur" fought at the siege of Savannah
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People of color started to fight for political rights
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This started with a mass insurrection by the enslaved in August 1791
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Local officials declared an end ot slavery in colonies
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He reversed the policies of emancipation decreed in 1794
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No slaves remained in Saint-Domingue and this new nation was lead by ex-slave named Jean-Jacques Dessalines
