So the unrest in what became Haiti started in 1789, when some slaves heard a rumor that the king of France had freed them. Even though it was across the ocean, word of the changes in France reached the people of Haiti, where the Declaration of Rights of Man and Citizen, while terrifying to planters, gave hope both to free people of color and to slaves. At the same time, some petite Blancs argued that there was inadequate discrimination against blacks. They were the only people with the third estate in France, and they called for interest rates to be lowered so they could more easily pay their debts. And they began lobbying for colonial independence. The psychology here shows you the extent to which slaves were not considered people. I mean, these radical petite Blancs thought that they were the oppressed people in San Domingo because they couldn't afford to own slaves.