reasons : French National Convention had recently freed all slaves, while Spain and Britain refused, and that he had become a republican.
governor of Saint-Domingue, Étienne Laveaux, made Toussaint lieutenant governor; the British suffered severe reverses; and the Spaniards were expelled.
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Answer:
its will scratch the dishes and leave marks from the food
Given the context and wording, I would say the iron weight is symbolizing a scale, or a like instrument used for weighing things such as potatoes or hay.
