COMMANDER // 1738–1795
Étienne Polverel
France1 battle1 war
Lifespan
1738 – 1795
Active service 1794 — 1 battle across 1 war; first command at age 56.
Profile
Étienne Polverel (1740–1795) was a French lawyer, aristocrat, and revolutionary. He was a member of the Jacobin club. In 1792, he and Léger Félicité Sonthonax were sent to Saint-Domingue to suppress the slave revolt and to implement the decree of 4 April 1792, that gave equality of rights to all free men, regardless of their color.
Battles (1)
1794