Republican tricolor symbolically united black, mulatto, and white.
Evidence
“General Liberty has just been proclaimed in the island,” an elated insurgent allied to the Republic, Bramante Lazzary, announced to his “brothers in revolt” in the north. They must all swear loyalty to France and “march under its flag,” the Republican tricolor, whose red, white, and blue symbolized the “reunion of the three colors.” “Our flag makes clear that our liberty depends on three colors: black, mulatto, and white; we are fighting for these three colors.” — Dubois, Laurent, Avengers of the New World_ The Story of…, 564
Categorization
Category: Definitional Content
- DEFINE: Explains how insurgents read the tricolor’s three colors as a racial-reunion symbol.