7 February 1791 - 11 February 1791
Polinaire, Jean Baptiste (fl. 1791)
Manuscript document signed
Title: The Examination of Polinaire taken the seventh day of February 1791
A summary of the testimony of Polinaire, a free mulatto, regarding the recent slave revolt in Dominica, in which he participated. "The Examinant...makes a voluntary Declaration of the truth of all he knows concerning the late Revolt knowing he must die knowing." Polinaire explains that the enslaved people believed that John Orde, the British Governor, was trying to help the enslaved people and free mulattoes of the colony, but was being prevented from doing so by the white planters. Thus the enslaved people organized a rebellion against the planters. Describes the plans of the revolt, and…
GLC02542.32.15