Colonial representation in the Estates General risked subjecting the colonies to antislavery control

Evidence

Some suggested that the colonies should also request representation in the Estates General. A few perceptive participants pointed out the dangerous implications of such a request: if deputies from the colonies were invited to participate in the creation of national policies, they would put the colonies under the control of the Estates General, where antislavery forces would likely find voice. Nevertheless, the group decided to press for national representation. — Dubois, Laurent, Avengers of the New World_ The Story of…, 258

Categorization

• CANDY: Forseeable irony: the planters’ own push for representation set them up for the revolutionary logic they feared.