What rights and obligations did a citizen enjoy?
First, the right to vote and stand for election. Compared with the old era, the bourgeoisie occupied significantly more seats in Parliament after the French Revolution. Though everyone theoretically possessed political power, in reality, workers, peasants, and small craftsmen rarely entered Parliament.
Every resident of Saint-Domingue could take part in the duel as a representative, fighting for the nation, for freedom, and to avoid greater casualties.
Wait, young man, how did you know those colonists would truly grant the people of Saint-Domingue freedom as they claimed? They had broken their promises more than once.
So Napoleon added another condition: Saint-Domingue was an inseparable part of France. If another country invaded Saint-Domingue, it would be regarded as an invasion of French soil. France was Saint-Domingue's protector and guardian, like a father to a son.
Second, only citizens of the country could hold public office and enjoy certain economic rights. Saint-Domingue could use French capital to develop its natural resources and enjoy medical services, the right to rest, and other rights recognized by society rather than arbitrarily claimed by individuals.
For example, if someone had nothing better to do and decided he had the right to rule the world, then yes, he had that right—but would society recognize it?
The National Convention had the Plain and the Montagnards. This did not mean those deputies came from plains and mountains, but referred to where they sat. The radical deputies sat on higher benches during meetings and were therefore called the Montagnards. Sieyès belonged to the Plain; not only were their seats at the lowest point in the National Convention, but they sat on low stools as well.
Last time, Georgiana had risked her life to preserve Sieyès's position as president of the Senate of the