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* [[Decree abolishing slavery in the North of Saint-Domingue (1793)|Decree abolishing slavery in the North of Saint-Domingue]] - 1793 decree by Sonthonax (Haitian Creole text). | * [[Decree abolishing slavery in the North of Saint-Domingue (1793)|Decree abolishing slavery in the North of Saint-Domingue]] - 1793 decree by Sonthonax (Haitian Creole text). | ||
+ | ** [[Sonthonax Broadside 1793]] - Sonthonax defending his decree freeing the slaves. | ||
* [[Jean-Jacques Dessalines]] - Defeated Napoléon's troops and liberated [[Haiti]]. | * [[Jean-Jacques Dessalines]] - Defeated Napoléon's troops and liberated [[Haiti]]. | ||
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In 1802 Napoléon Bonaparte issued a decree re-establishing slavery in the French colonies. Slavery in Saint-Domingue had been abolished by a 1793 decree by the commissioners Polverel and Sonthonax.
Le décret du 30 floréal An X [May 20, 1802]
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See also
- Decree abolishing slavery in the North of Saint-Domingue - 1793 decree by Sonthonax (Haitian Creole text).
- Sonthonax Broadside 1793 - Sonthonax defending his decree freeing the slaves.
- Jean-Jacques Dessalines - Defeated Napoléon's troops and liberated Haiti.