Also known as: Colonial militia, Saint-Domingue militia, Free-colored militia
Last updated: April 23, 2026
Blue Coat or Powdered Wig: Free People of Color in Pre-Revolutionary Saint-Domingue shows that militia service was never just technical military labor. It was a route into patronage, credit, visibility, and public honor. Before the mid-1760s reforms, some free-colored men even held commissions. The later whitening of the officer corps did not erase the memory of that earlier status. It sharpened resentment.
Chasseurs Volontaires
Represented the older era of free-colored militia command before royal reforms whitened the officer corps; his career embodied the institutional history behind free-colored claims to military honor.
1769 Militia Revolt
Gens de couleur libres
Colonial Militia
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