Freemasonry in Saint-Domingue: lodges in Cap-Francais and Port-au-Prince before 1791; Grand Orient d'Haiti 1824; Toussaint's membership claimed but debated. Abbe…
Year: 1791 · Places: Ayiti
SUMMARYFreemasonry in Saint-Domingue: lodges in Cap-Francais and Port-au-Prince before 1791; Grand Orient d'Haiti 1824; Toussaint's membership claimed but debated. Abbe Barruel's Memoirs Illustrating the History of Jacobinism (1797) = origin of the "revolutions were Masonic plots" thesis. Status: networks = Record; "revolutions = Masonic resets" = Open (test: lodge rolls vs. revolutionary leaders, 1776 / 1789 / 1791). Where to dig: Archives nationales d'outre-mer (Aix-en-Provence, much digitized).