Abolitionist efforts were defeated before the Revolution’s first year ended

Evidence

The initial face-off between planters organized in the Club Massiac— and their port-town allies—and the Société des Amis des Noirs resulted in a clear defeat for the latter. Discussion of slavery and the slave trade was effectively tabled in the assembly, and the society was saddled with a powerful accusation: that its activities might set in motion another, much more dangerous, revolution in the colonies. — Dubois, Laurent, Avengers of the New World_ The Story of…, 265

Categorization

• QUESTION: This early suppression of abolitionist debate is the precondition for violence later — worth tracing how the shut door forced the revolution onto other paths.