As the 1790s approach the unique culture of Saint Domingue begins to show the strains of a prosperous but varied population. Whites vs. mulattoes and blacks vs. mulattoes. Prosperity in Saint Domingue sets it apart from other colonies in the New World, even the mineral rich Spanish provinces in South America.
Mulattoes often own slaves and plantations, learn trades.
Some have been educated in Europe. From 1785 to 1790 the number of new blacks brought to the French portion of the island of Hispanola exceeds 30,000 per year. Blacks at this time do not perceive any power to revolt. Neither whites or mulattoes anticipate a slave insurrection brewing. He is a coachman and Manager of livestock at the Breda Plantation.