Observations on the Origin and Progression..., pg. 78

This chapter is an argument made by Julien Raimond, who was part colored. He was born in Saint-Domingue and eventually became a prosperous indigo planter who owned over a hundred slaves. His influential arguments helped change the opinion of the French National Assembly to stop colonial racism. He explains where the racism stemmed from in his account of the colonial people. First white colonists came over with their African slaves. Since there were few white women, they reproduced with their slaves. Marring Africans became acceptable to white farmers in Saint Domingue. Then the white farmers left their mixed colored children land and slaves. This and the amount of available farm land led to mix colored people to prosper and multiply. However, when mix colored people became prosperous and had wealth, other whites who came over later got jealous, and this jealousy led to prejudice. So to manipulate the mixed coloreds, they made prejudice laws. This explanation made by Raimond about the root of prejudice in French colonial islands surely was extremely beneficial in convincing the French National Assembly to stop colonial racism. By identifying the root of the problem, it makes it easier to find a solution to a problem.