Covering the period 1776-1791, this study offers a portrait of Saint Domingue's free black elites on the eve of its transformation into the republic of Haiti. It identifies two groups that shared the colony's free black upper stratum - one of planters/merchants, the other army/police forces.
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Covering the period 1776-1791, this study offers a portrait of Saint Domingue's free black elites on the eve of its transformation into the republic of Haiti. It identifies two groups that shared the colony's free black upper stratum - one of planters/merchants, the other army/police forces.
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