Laveaux and Sonthonax won election as colonial representatives

Evidence

When the electors met in September 1796, the representatives still sitting in Paris—including Jean- Baptiste Belley—were reelected. But a number of new representatives were also chosen. Among them were the two most powerful Frenchmen in the colony: Laveaux and Sonthonax. — Dubois, Laurent, Avengers of the New World_ The Story of…, 713

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