As French republican forces faced revolt and foreign intervention, commissioner Sonthonax issued a measure promising freedom to enslaved people who joined the republican army. The offer was limited and strategic, not a general emancipation. Enslaved people’s military leverage helped force a shift from colonial repression toward abolition.
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What did Sonthonax’s 21 June 1793 measure offer?
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It was a limited military promise before local general emancipation.