The National Assembly sidestepped colonial slavery nearly from the start

Evidence

It was a powerful statement about the limits of democracy in the colonies, and the hypocrisy of the white delegates who purported to represent a population they held in subjugation. But the colonial delegates and many others in the National Assembly had little desire to open up a discussion on the morality of slavery. A compromise granting six seats to Saint-Domingue (two for each province) was quickly reached and the broader issues shunted aside. It was the beginning of a pattern that would dominate debates over colonial policy for nearly two years. — Dubois, Laurent, Avengers of the New World_ The Story of…, 263