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Civil commission of Saint-Domingue

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Civil commission of Saint-Domingue

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Polverel bars color labels in public administrative records

📅 3 December 1792

On 3 December 1792, civil commissioner Étienne Polverel issued an ordinance prohibiting designations of color in public acts. The rule challenged official racial categorization within colonial...