Also known as: Saint-Marc assembly, Colonial Assembly of Saint-Marc
Last updated: April 26, 2026
The Assembly of Saint-Marc was the all-white colonial legislature formed in 1790 that claimed internal legislative power for Saint-Domingue while resisting metropolitan interference from the French National Assembly. A planter-dominated body that briefly reassembled colonial unity, it borrowed revolutionary rhetoric of constitutionalism and rights while applying them exclusively to the white colonial body. It reveals how white colonists could sound revolutionary while defending slavery and existing in fundamental tension with the demands of free people of color.
Both the Ogé revolt and the Saint-Marc assembly belong to the same 1790 crisis of colonial political authority
Assembly of Saint-Marc
The assembly claimed legislative authority over Saint-Domingue's internal affairs
The assembly existed in the same political world as the Club Massiac, representing white planter interests
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