However , the Legislative Assembly in France granted rights to the free people of colour , in addition to dispatching 6,000 French soldiers to the island .
Within the next ten days , slaves had taken control of the entire Northern Province in an unprecedented slave revolt .
The Legislative Assembly in France granted rights to the free people of colour , in addition to dispatching 6,000 French soldiers to the island .
Within the next ten days , slaves had taken control of the entire Northern Province in an unprecedented slave revolt .