In the early to mid-nineteenth century, French Caribbean writers and historians were not only responding to the historical events that disrupted their world; they were also in dialogue with one another. However, Creole historians such as Louis Laurent Sidney Daney de Marcillac (1810–1893), Adrien Dessalles (1809–1870), and Etienne Rufz de Lavison (1806–1884) were not inspired to mourn the death of their culture by Levilloux's and Maynard's gloomy vision of the end of a world. Instead, their chief concern was the erasure of Creole history, and their project was to protect their Creole heritage. If Rufz, who read Traversay and Maynard, did not like the former's sentimental novel, he recognized that it was a good source of historical information. As for the latter, the historian lauds Maynard's style and regrets his untimely death. Daney and Dessalles, who read and critiqued each other's work, may have read Traversay, Levilloux, and Maynard as well.

One should not discount the salience of transatlantic connections and exchange of ideas. The journal and letters of Pierre-Marie-Dieudonné Dessalles (1785–1856, known as Pierre), the son of the historian Pierre-François-Régis Dessalles (1755–1808, known as Pierre-Régis), emphasize how, on both sides of the ocean, individuals culturally, politically, or financially invested in the French Caribbean made sure to keep up to date with debates and developments concerning the colonies. In 1835, as a contributor to the Revue des Colonies.ommenting on literary production for a Parisian audience, the mulâtre.yrille-Charles Bissette, exiled in Paris, wrote a damning critique of Maynard's Outre-mer.n which he praised Levilloux's Les créoles. The abolitionist Victor Schoelcher, who shared his life between France and the French Caribbean, knew Maynard's work; he had met the Creole in Paris and had a lot of affection for him. It is likely that Creole intellectuals in Martinique knew about Levilloux and Maynard as well. Their historical accounts, as well as Traversay's, could have attracted not only Rufz but also other Creole historians interested in preserving the Creole legacy. In addition, Daney, Rufz, and Dessalles state in their work that they are in constant dialogue with Pierre-Régis Dessalles's Les Annales du Conseil souverain de la Martinique.1786).