List of Historical Documents

List of documents, proclamations, and texts relating to Haiti's revolutionary history, with links to online versions of the documents, where available. See also: Category:Documents of the Haitian Revolution

1685

 * [[image:code_noir_page_01.jpg|right|thumb|180px|Title page from a 1685 copy of the Code Noir.]]* Edict of March 1685 (Le Code Noir) - English translation

1716

 * Edict of Paris, October 1685 (Regulation of Slavery) - Available online (French).

1724

 * Edict of March 1724 (Code Noir, recast) - Available online (French).

1738

 * Royal Declaration of December 15, 1738 (Regulation of Slavery) - Available online (French).

1777

 * Royal Declaration of August 9, 1777 (Prohibition of Slavery) - Available online (French).

1789

 * August 28 Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen by the French National Constituent Assembly (establishing of individual rights) - Available online (French) English version: Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen

1791

 * June 8 Letter to the Citizens of Color and Free Negroes of Saint-Domingue by Abbé Grégoire a member of the French abolitionist group Amis des Noirs.

1793

 * August 29 Sonthonax's Proclamation  (Abolishing slavery in the North of Saint Domingue - in Creole) - Available online (French).
 * November 5 Sonthonax's Broadside  - Sonthonax defends his August 1793 proclamation by publishing and distributing this document in Saint-Domingue.

1794

 * June 8 General Whyte's Proclamation to the People of Saint-Domingue - The proclamation.

1797

 * Toussaint dialogue with Léger Félicité Sonthonax about Toussaint's wishes that Sonthonax leave Saint-Domingue.

1799

 * June 26 Proclamation Regarding Commerce with Saint-Domingue U.S. President John Adams issues a Proclamation Regarding Commerce with Saint-Domingue
 * December 25 Napoléon Bonaparte Proclamation on Saint-Domingue

1800

 * November 28 The Expulsion of Commissioner Roume - Letter by Toussaint Louverture explaining his actions.

1801

 * July 8 Constitution of 1801 (aka Toussaint's Constitution) - Available here in English and French.
 * Toussaint Louverture letter to Napoleon Bonaparte - Letter addressing the subject of the 1801 constitution.


 * July 17 Tobias Lear letter to Madison - Letter by Tobias Lear the new U.S. Consul General in Saint-Domingue, to his Secretary of State, James Madison.

1802

 * May 20 Napoléon decree re-establishing slavery in the French colonies - (French text)

1804

 * January 1 Proclamation Of Haiti's Independence and Act of Independence By The General In Chief, Jean-Jacques Dessalines.
 * Acte de l'Indépendance - French text of the Haitian independence declaration.

1805

 * May 20 Constitution of 1805

1806

 * December 27 Constitution of 1806 - Available online (French).