Societe des Amis de la Liberte

The Société des Amis de la Liberte (SAL), or the Society of Friends of Liberty, is an organisation that belongs to the Searoaders faction.

Introduction
The Société was founded in 1848, a month after the Second French Republic officially abolished slavery on French territory, with an avowed goal to continue the work of abolition throughout the world.

Having been founded by a relatively radical faction of the French political spectrum, the SAL is a lot more militant than some of its counterparts such as the British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society. Many of them believe that the potential for slave rebellions will prove a driving force for emancipation, as nations take to freeing their slaves rather than risking the same bloody end that Haiti experienced.

In-Game
Within the Caribbean region, the SAL has two main bases - one in Basse Terre, which is its main office, and a secondary, unofficial office in Kingston.

Their Directeur de region is M. Claude-Etienne Bechet (b. 1852), who bases himself in Basse Terre, while his deputy director, M. Pierre Restaud (b. 1860), is in charge at Kingston. Of the two, however, Restaud is by far the more energetic and activist one, with views considered radical even within the SAL.