Ka cika wannan jumlar: Fitowar juyin juya hali a Faransa a lokacin rani na shekara ta 1789 ya yi tasiri sosai a ƙasar. Yayin da mazauna Faransa suka yi muhawara game da yadda za a yi amfani da sabbin dokokin juyin juya hali ga Saint-Domingue, yaƙin basasa ya ɓarke a 1790 lokacin da 'yanci masu launi suka yi iƙirarin cewa su ma' yan ƙasar Faransa ne a ƙarƙashin Dokar 'Yancin Dan Adam da na Citizen. Kwana goma kafin
a cikin watan Yuli 1789, Majalisar Dokokin Faransa ta kada kuri'a don zama wakilai shida daga Saint-Domingue. A birnin Paris, wani rukuni na mulattoes masu arziki, wanda Julien Raimond da Vincent Ogé suka jagoranta, sun yi kira ga wakilai fararen fata don tallafawa da'awar mulatto don cikakken 'yancin jama'a da siyasa. Ta hanyar kokarin kungiyar da ake kira "Society d'Amis des Noirs", wanda Raimond da Ogé sune manyan shugabanni, a watan Maris na 1790 Majalisar Dokoki ta ba da cikakken 'yancin jama'a ga "gens de couleur".