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| − | On '''August 29, [[1793]]''' French commissioner [[Léger Félicité Sonthonax]] issues a decree to abolish slavery in North of [[Saint-Domingue]], the section of the French colony under his control. | + | On '''August 29, [[1793]]''' French commissioner [[Léger Félicité Sonthonax]] issues a decree to abolish slavery in North of [[Saint-Domingue]], the section of the French colony under his control. He later, in November of 1793, addresses the people of Saint-Domingue in his [[Sonthonax Broadside (1793)|Broadside defending his decree to abolish slavery]] in the colony. |
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Revision as of 13:21, 26 January 2006
On August 29, 1793 French commissioner Léger Félicité Sonthonax issues a decree to abolish slavery in North of Saint-Domingue, the section of the French colony under his control. He later, in November of 1793, addresses the people of Saint-Domingue in his Broadside defending his decree to abolish slavery in the colony.
