Leger felicite sonthonax biography of william
Étienne Polverel (–) was a French lawyer, aristocrat, and revolutionary. [1] He was a member of the Jacobin club. In , he and Léger Félicité Sonthonax were sent to Saint-Domingue to suppress the slave revolt and to implement the decree of April 4, , that gave equality of rights to all free men, regardless of their color.