République et esclavage à l'âge des révolutions: les colons de Saint-Domingue entre exil, lobbying et contre-modèle républicain (France, États-Unis, 1793-1804) = Republic and Slavery in the Age of Revolutions: The Planters of Saint-Domingue between Exile, Lobbying, and a Conservative Republican Counter-Model (France–United States, 1793–1804)

This article examines the political experiences, between 1793 and 1804, of Saint-Domingue planters who took refuge in the United States. Rather than withdrawing from public life, these colonial actors turned exile into a space for political reconfiguration, based on the defense of property, racial hierarchy, and colonial order. Drawing on a wide range of archival and printed sources, the study demonstrates how refugee assemblies, lobbying practices, and transatlantic networks contributed to the construction of a conservative republican model in which republicanism could be articulated with slavery or with tightly controlled forms of emancipation. By tracing the circulation of these ideas between Philadelphia, Paris, and the institutions of the Directory and the Consulate, the article highlights the internal tensions of republican thought during the Age of Revolutions and offers an Atlantic perspective on the coexistence of political liberty and colonial domination.