TheWhitehall Accord (French:Traité de Whitehall) was agreed on 19 February 1793 byHenry Dundas and signed on 25 February 1793.[1] It was an agreement between theKingdom of Great Britain andFrench counter-revolutionary colonists from the French possessions ofSaint-Domingue,Martinique andGuadeloupe. The treaty allowed them to maintain ownership of their slaves and properties (slavery was later abolished by theFrench government on4 February 1794), while the British were allowed to occupy Guadeloupe and Martinique to prevent the French revolutionary forces from occupying the islands.[2] The postwar status of Saint Domingue was left open, while Martinique and Guadeloupe were to be returned to a restored French monarchy.
It was signed by Henry Dundas for the British, and Frenchémigrés andmonarchistsPierre Victor, baron Malouet (Saint-Domingue), Louis de Curt (Guadeloupe), Ignace-Joseph-Philippe de Perpigna and Louis-François Dubuc (Martinique).