The difference between Affranchise and French Aristocrats in Saint Domingue was French Aristocrats were considered citizens, while local authorities refused to give citizenship to Affranchise.
Where is Saint Domingue?
Saint Domingue was a West Indian French Colony from 1659-1804 on the Caribbean Island of Hispaniola, the island on which countries like Dominican Republic and Haiti are presently located.
The French established themselves on the western portion of the island and through the treaty of Ryswick of 1697, Spain formally recognized French control of Tortuga Island and the western island of Hispaniola.
In 1791, slaves and some Saint Dominican Creoles took part in the Vodou ceremony and planned the rebellion against French authorities. The slave rebellion later aligned with Republican French forces following the abolition of slavery in 1793, although this alienated the island's dominant slave owning class.
Who were French Aristocrats?
French Aristocrats or French Nobility was a privileged social class in France from the middle ages until its abolition during the French revolution.
Their origin can be linked out of two sources
- Immemorial Nobility- Families recognized for having always lived nobly and never ennobled
- Ennobled Families- Families ennobled by an office or by Letters Patent from the king.
Who were Affranchi?
General meaning of Affranchise means to release someone from servitude or an obligation.
Affranchi is a formed French term denoting a freedman or emancipated slaves. It is used to describe the social class of freedman in Saint Domingue and other slaves holding French territories and held legal rights intermediate between those of free whites and enslaved Africans.
The Affranchis were barred from the voting prior to 1791 court case, followed with the French revolution.
The decision of the court case in favor of affranchis prompted backlash from the French white planter class resulting into outbreak of Haiti Revolution.
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