A peace agreement between white citizens and citizens of color in the western province was marked at Damiens on 23 October 1791. It reflected the pressure free people of color had exerted against exclusion and the uneasy coalitions forming in the colony. The agreement concerned rights and security among free groups; it did not abolish slavery, and its terms did not erase divergent interests or the coercion imposed on enslaved people.
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What did the Damiens agreement of 23 October 1791 concern?
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It followed a peace treaty between free groups in the western province.
The Damiens agreement concerned a temporary peace between free groups in the West.
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The cited 1791 speech follows the treaty between white and free-colored citizens.