The french government is essentially saying to the slaves of san doming hey, you're free now by this government's decree. And what the french have done here is declare themselves in solidarity with every slave society around the world and portray their enemies as the protectors of the slave system. Some of the leaders that are going to produced by this thing are going to be some of the more interesting a people in the history of the region. I meani's going to be guy who's like the george washington of hayde a toussaint louviture during this period. It's brilliant chess playing. Eventually napoleon bonaparte gets control of france but it will take