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* [[Haitian Act of Independence]] - Document from 1804. | * [[Haitian Act of Independence]] - Document from 1804. | ||
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Revision as of 21:41, 27 October 2007
One day after the crushing defeat in the Battle of Vertieres, Napoléon Bonaparte's top commander in Saint-Domingue surrenders to Jean-Jacques Dessalines. This paves the way for the Haitian declaration of Independence on January 1, 1804.
This day, the 27th Brumaire, of the 12th year [November 19, 1803], the Adjutant Commandant Duveyrier, having received full power from General Rochambeau, Commander-in-Chief of the French army, to treat for the surrender of the town of Cape, and Jean-Jacques Dessalines, General of the native army, have agreed on the following articles, viz. :
Two copies of this Convention are hereby executed in strict faith, at the headquarters of 'Haut-du-Cap' on the day, month, and year aforesaid. ( Signed ) DESSALINES. DUVEYKIER. |
Source
- Léger, Jacques Nicolas. Haiti Her History And Her Detractors. (1907). The Neale Publishing Company. New York. available online p. 148f.
See also
- Haitian Act of Independence - Document from 1804.
- The Struggle for the Recognition of Haiti and Liberia as Independent Republics - 1917 article from The Journal of Negro History outlining some of the reasons behind the delay in recognizing the Republic of Haiti.