JEAN AUDUBON AS SANTO DOMINGO PLANTER AND MERCHANT
Captain Audubon at Les Cayes—As planter, sugar refiner,
general merchant and slave dealer, amasses a fortune—His
return to France with his children—History of the Santo
Domingo revolt—Baron de Wimpffen's experience—Revolution
of the whites—Opposition of the abolitionists—Effect
of the Declaration of Rights on the mulattoes—The
General Assembly drafts a new constitution—First
blood drawn between revolutionists and loyalists
at Port-au-Prince—Ogé's futile attempt to liberate
the mulattoes—Les Cayes first touched by revolution
in 1790, four years after the death of Audubon's
mother—Emancipation of the mulattoes—Resistance of the
whites—General revolt of blacks against whites and the
ruin of the colony 36