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civil commission for Saint-Domingue

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civil commission for Saint-Domingue

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France sanctions equality in rights for all free people of color

đź“… 4 April 1792

On 4 April 1792, King Louis XVI sanctioned a law based on the Legislative Assembly’s 28 March vote. It extended political equality to all free men of color in the French colonies and ordered civil...