Léger-Félicité Sonthonax

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Léger-Félicité Sonthonax

Former Commissioner of Saint-Domingue

Léger-Félicité Sonthonax was a French abolitionist and Jacobin before joining the Girondist party, which emerged in 1791. During the French Revolution, he controlled 7,000 French troops in Saint-Domingue during part of the Haitian Revolution. His... Wikipedia

Born: March 7, 1763, Oyonnax, France

Died: July 28, 1813 (age 50 years), Oyonnax, France

Books: Liberté. Égalité. Peuple Français, etc. [An address to the French people, complaining of the maladministration and crimes of Polverel and Sonthonax, their commissaries or delegates at Saint Domingo.] (Adresse des négociants de la ville du Port-au-Prince, etc.).

Previous office: Commissioner of Saint-Domingue (1792–1794)

Nationality: French