General Simcoe and the Haitian Revolution

Hédouville was nominated and confirmed by the Council of 500 in April 1797 when colonial policy was being driven by the reactionary white planters. But then after Fruc-de-Dor, instead of reassessing the candidate chosen to impose French authority on the chaotic colony, the directory just kept Hédouvile on and let him go. The lack of care in the selection process is going to make a mess of things," he says.