Jean-Antoine Ailhaud

French civil commissioners arrive amid revolt and colonial crisis

📅 18 September 1792

Léger-Félicité Sonthonax, Étienne Polverel, and Jean-Antoine Ailhaud arrived in Saint-Domingue with troops to enforce the rights of free people of color and restore French authority. They initially...

Civil commissioners declare their authority while slavery remains in force

📅 24 September 1792

On 24 September 1792, civil commissioners Polverel, Sonthonax, and Ailhaud issued a proclamation defining their authority in Saint-Domingue. Their mandate was to enforce the 4 April equality law and...