Brissot’s patronage propelled Sonthonax and Polverel into colonial policy roles

Evidence

It was their encounter with the prominent abolitionist Jacques Brissot de Warville that set them on their road to Saint-Domingue. Brissot acted as a patron to both Sonthonax and Polverel in the Paris Jacobin Club, where the two men gained experience dealing with colonial matters. In 1791 Polverel led a move to expel several members of the Club Massiac from the Jacobin Club, asserting through his actions that there was no place for proslavery views in his revolution. The next year Sonthonax sat on a committee that issued a letter on behalf of the Jacobin Club supporting the May 15, 1791, decree granting political rights to some free-colored men. — Dubois, Laurent, Avengers of the New World_ The Story of…, 488

Categorization

• XREF: Ties to the April 4, 1792 free-colored rights decree mentioned in the next paragraphs, key to tracing how antislavery radicals gained colonial power. — connects to: Brissot’s patronage directed Sonthonax and Polverel to Saint-Domingue
• yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: Brissot’s patronage directed Sonthonax and Polverel to Saint-Domingue

Broader Connections

• Brissot’s patronage directed Sonthonax and Polverel to Saint-Domingue #corroborates (0.95)