Person
Étienne Polverel
French Revolutionary Civil Commissioner in Haiti
b. 1740 CE – d. 1795 CE
World The Atlantic Lands
Étienne Polverel (1740–1795) is one of two French Revolutionary Civil Commissioners who ends slavery in Saint-Domingue in 1793 during the Haïtian Revolution.
People
- Léger-Félicité Sonthonax
- Philippe François Rouxel de Blanchelande
- Toussaint Louverture
- Étienne Laveaux
- Étienne Polverel
Groups
- Saint Domingue, French Colony of
- Santo Domingo (Spanish Colony)
- Spain, Bourbon Kingdom of
- Jamaica (British Colony)
- Britain, Kingdom of Great
Cite this entry
Moran, J. (2017). Étienne Polverel. History Atlas. Retrieved 27 September 2026, from https://www.historyatlas.com/people/etienne-polverel/
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