News of Guadeloupe’s reenslavement spread to Saint-Domingue through escaped deportees

Evidence

His secrecy, however, could not hide France’s ultimate intentions. Deportees from Guadeloupe imprisoned in ships harbored off the coast of Saint-Domingue escaped and spread news of what had happened on their island. Rumors spread in Saint-Domingue that slavery had been reestablished in Guadeloupe, and were so pervasive that even Leclerc believed them. — Dubois, Laurent, Avengers of the New World_ The Story of…, 1010

Categorization

• XREF: Rumors crossing islands echo how information flows previously mattered in earlier chapters on the 1791 revolt’s spread.
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Dubois, Laurent, Avengers of the New World_ The Story of…, 1010