
4.08- The Tricolor Commission
Revolutions
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The First Black Ex Slave to Do Everything He's About to Do
Two whites, two colords and two blacks made up the tricolor commission. Only three of these guys are actually going to make it paris so they're the ones i'm going to focus on. The white delegate was named louis de fay - a lap aristocrat who had been an early white supporter of the commissioners in le camp. Jean baptiste belly led the defence of the commissioners at the government house during the battle of le cap. He's about to be the first black ex slave to do everything he's about to do. And those people, o my god, they were so mad.
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