1793

1792 1794

In 1793 Jean Kina's Corps enters British pay. Governor-General Galbaud flees the Saint-Domingue civil war with 10,000 white refugees and 100 ships, bound for Baltimore.

January

 * As a result of the French Revolution, King Louis XVI is executed in Paris, on January 21. See the image: Execution of Louis XVI.

February

 * Toussaint and troops begin fighting for Spain.

April

 * On April 11 the former Governor-General of Saint-Domingue Blanchelande is executed in Paris on the guillotine.

May

 * On May 6 General Galbaud arrives in Le Cap; he had been dispatched from France to take over the command in Saint-Domingue.

August

 * On August 29 French commissioner Léger Félicité Sonthonax issues a decree to abolish slavery in the northern part of Saint-Domingue under his control.

September

 * On September 9 after having received orders to occupy Saint-Domingue, the governor of Jamaica received orders to occupy Saint-Domingue and dispatches an expedition of 500 men under command of Colonel Whitelocke.

November

 * In November of 1793 the French Republican Calendar was adopted. Therefore many documents in the French colony Saint-Domingue, such as the letters of Toussaint Louverture, use this calendar for the next decade.
 * On November 5 Léger Félicité Sonthonax publishes his Broadside defending his decree to abolish slavery in the colony.