What grievances did the coloureds in St.Domingue have prior to the revolution in

Question: What grievances did the coloureds in St!.Domingue have prior to the revolution in 1791!? !?

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I take it that you mean the free people who were of mixed race!.
They were severely discriminated against in society, women, especially were almost forced into prostitution because there was no other work for them - the slaves did the domestic duties that they would otherwise be employed to do, and similarly in the countryside slaves did all of the jobs that they could do!.
Men were also discriminated against!. There was a colour-list describing the colour and the rights of people down to 1/32 African ancestry!. The less African blood, the more one could do, property one could own - that sort of thing!. There was also the fact that white, French (and I guess Spanish on their part of the Island) society looked down on them, regarding them as poorly bred, the maroons (free Africans who live in the hills and jungles apart from St!. Domingue's settled society) and slaves looked down on them also for being of mixed parentage!.
See CLR James - The Black JacobinsWww@QuestionHome@Com