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Insurrection in the French West Indies. Internal State of the Islands pre- 
vious to 1789. Division of the Inhabitants. Formof Government. Uni- 
versal Oppression which prevailed. All parties discontented. Threaten- 
ing Aspect of Affairs. Dreadful Convulsions evidently at hand. Dis- 
position of France towards the Colonies. Society of Les Amis des Noirs. 
Its Proceedings: The Inhabitants of St. Domingo send 18 Deputies to — 
the National Assembly in 1789. Suppression of an Insurrection of the 
Mulattoes. The Legislature of France wisely resolve not to interfere in 
the Affairs of the Colonies. The General Colonial Assembly of St: Do- 
mingo meets at St. Marc's on the 16th of April, 1790. It is opposed by 
Mauduit and the Partizans of Royalty, who gain over the People of Co- 
lour to their Interest. Extravagant Plan of anew Constitution, voted by _ 
the Assembly on the 28th of May. Both parties prepare for War. The 
Deputies embark for France, to justify their Conduct before the King 
and the National Convention. Proceedings of the Jacobins in France. — 
They prevail upon J. Oge to undertake an Expedition to St. Domingo, ~ 
in favour of his Brethren. Character of J. Ogé : his Rebellion and 
Death. Hostile Disposition of all Parties in France to the West Indian 
Planters. Reception of the Si. Domingo Deputies. Murmurs excited in 
the Colonies. Murder of Mauduit. Decree of the National Assembly, for 
__ placing the People of Colour ona Footing with the Whites. Its Impolicy. 
dts dreadful Effects in the Islands. Rebellion in Guadaloupe and St. 
Lucia. It is proposed at Cape Francois to deliver up the Colony to the 
English. Meeting of the new Colonial Assembly at Leogans on the 25th 
of August. Insurrection of the Mulattoes. They gain over the Negroes 
who rise in a Mass. Their dreadful atrocities. They destroy every thing — 
with Fire and Sword. Consternation at Cape Francois. Measures pur- 
sued by both Parties. Anecdotes of Negro Barbarity. Peace ts restored 
bya Treaty between the Whites and Mulattoes ; in which the Operation — 
of the Decree of the 15th of May is agreed to by the former. Repeal of — 
that Decree by the National Assembly. Upon Intelligence of this Event, 
Civil War was renewed in St. Domingo. Battle of Cul de Sac. Mutual — 
— Cruelties. The Commissioners i igi by the National Assembly arrive — 
about the end of December. They are universally hated and despised, — 
Soon after return to France. New Commissioners appointed with unh- : 
mited powers. Decree of the 4th of May. Arrival in St. Domingo of — 
Santhonaz, Polveril, and Ailtian. Their Tyranny and Oppression. — 
- They become absolute Masters of the Colony, and reduce it to the most — 
abject Slavery. State of the other Islands. Conclusion. wa 
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1 K 7 ILE the mother country affecting and melancholy. Here 
was thus convulsed by faction, too the spirit of innovation appear- — 
and over-run with violence, the co- ed; here it prevailed to excess, 
lonies presented a picture still more grew into phrenzy, and produced — 
misery 
