Battle of Cap-Français (1793)

June 20–22, 1793 · Cap-Haïtien

Result Commissioner victory

Fighting broke out in Cap-Français between the new governor François-Thomas Galbaud and the civil commissioners Sonthonax and Polverel. The commissioners promised freedom to enslaved men who fought for them, Galbaud fled, and much of the city burned.

France

Free people of color