By mid-1790 Paris surrendered colonial policy to white planter assemblies

Evidence

Barnave decided to clarify his earlier instructions, and in the same law that attacked the Saint-Marc assembly he included a stipulation promising that “no law upon the status of persons shall ever be made for the colonies except upon the precise and formal demand of the colonial assemblies.” Protests by Grégoire and Mirabeau were again shouted down, and the National Assembly passed the law. Grégoire warned that the decree, in addition to being an insult to justice and humanity, was impolitic. — Dubois, Laurent, Avengers of the New World_ The Story of…, 299

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Planter scare tactics captured France’s 1790 Colonial Committee — Dubois, Laurent, Avengers of the New World_ The Story of…, 291; The 1797 French coup overturned planter political victories and revived abolitionism — Dubois, Laurent, Avengers of the New World_ The Story of…, 739; France’s 1790 colonial decree exempted colonies from the constitution — Dubois, Laurent, Avengers of the New World_ The Story of…, 291 (+4 more)
• yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: Planter scare tactics captured France’s 1790 Colonial Committee — Dubois, Laurent, Avengers of the New World_ The Story of…, 291; The 1797 French coup overturned planter political victories and revived abolitionism — Dubois, Laurent, Avengers of the New World_ The Story of…, 739; France’s 1790 colonial decree exempted colonies from the constitution — Dubois, Laurent, Avengers of the New World_ The Story of…, 291 (+4 more)

Broader Connections

• The 1797 French coup overturned planter political victories and revived abolitionism #complicates (0.78) — Dubois, Laurent, Avengers of the New World_ The Story of…, 739
• Small plantation uprisings drove Paris to reform colonial slavery in the 1780s #complicates (0.72)