Kuputika kworusununguko muFrance muzhizha ra 1789 kwakanga kune tapuro ine simba pachitsuwa chacho. Nepo vagari vemuFrance vakanga vachikurukura kuti mitemo mitsva yeshanduko yaizoshanda sei kuSaint-Domingue, hondo chaiyo yavagari vemo yakatanga muna 1790 apo varume vakasununguka voruvara vakati ivowo vaiva vagari vomuFrance mukuwirirana nemitemo yeDeclaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen. Mazuva gumi kudonha kusati kwaitika
yeBastille, muna July 1789, National Assembly yeFrance yakanga yavhotera kuti nhume nhanhatu dzigare muSaint-Domingue. MuParis, boka ravaMulatto vakapfuma, raitungamirirwa naJulien Raimond naVincent Ogé, rakakumbira pasina budiriro nhume dzavarimi vachena kuti dzitsigire zvikumbiro zvavaMulatto zvokururamiswa kuzere kwevanhu uye zvematongerwe enyika. Kupfurikidza nenhamburiko dzeboka rinonzi " Société d'Amis des Noirs", iro Raimond naOgé vakanga vari vatungamiriri vakatanhamara, muna March 1790 National Assembly yakapa kodzero dzakakwana dzomugarire ku" gens de couleur".