Étienne Polverel
Also known as: Etienne Polverel · Polverel, Étienne · Polverel
Étienne Polverel was a French lawyer, aristocrat, and revolutionary.
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Étienne Polverel: Saint-Domingue
Polverel arrived in Le Cap aboard the America as a Civil Commissioner to Saint-Domingue on 17 September 1792, along with Sonthonax and Jean-Antoine Ailhaud.
Étienne Polverel: Saint-Domingue, August 1791
In 1792, he and Léger Félicité Sonthonax were sent to Saint-Domingue to suppress the slave revolt and to implement the decree of 4 April 1792, that gave equality of rights to all free men, regardless of their color.