Which of the following statements is not true about Saint Domingue (Haiti) during the revolutionary period?
A) White planter rule was challenged by wealthy people of mixed European and African descent.
B) A full-fledge slave rebellion followed a civil war between competing elites.
C) The British permanently seized the colony from France.
D) Peace was temporarily restored when slavery was abolished by the revolutionary government in France in 1793.
E) Wealth from this French colony made it difficult for France to accept its claim for independence.
Ans: C
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What will be an ideal response?
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