Hello and welcome to revolutions.

Episode 4.

Episode 4.12, Tucson's Clause.

So we left off last time with the reaffirmation by the directory in January 1798 that liberty and

equality would remain core pillars of colonial policy. But if you'll recall, the

third pillar to the directory's colonial policy was

unity. The goal of the Terminonian Republic was to totally integrate Sandomang

and every other French colony into the French nation, one and indivisible.

So that meant that they weren't going to tolerate the kind of independent authority currently

being wielded by Andre Rago and Tucson Leubature.

Since first word of the Estates General had reached Sendel-Mang way back in 1788 nearly 10 years

ago now, powerful factions in the colony have been bucking the Metropoles authority.

Whatever faction happened to be most powerful in the colony at any given moment,

always seemed to have an eye on independence.

First it was the whites, then was the coloreds, and now that Tucson Louverture has ascended to power, he's clearly not interested in Paris telling him what to do.

Now the third commission had tried and failed to bring the colony in line as so many others had in the past,

but in the spring of 1798 the French government decided to give it another shot.

Now if you're surprised to discover that Sandomang has been a hotbed of revolt and

revolution for nearly a decade now, then this will really surprise you.

We're now approaching the fourth anniversary of Tucson Louvertature's defection to the French.

He's now been a general of the Republic longer than he was a general in the slave insurgency.

And in that time he has been a loyal and faithful defender of the Republic.

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