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Revision as of 20:29, 6 July 2006
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
Contents
1685
- 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) - 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 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 Napoleon's Decree of 1802 (Re-establishing Slavery) - Available online (French).
1804
- January 1 Proclamation Of Haiti's Independence By The General In Chief, Jean-Jacques Dessalines. Available online (French). English translation: Act of Independence
1805
- May 20 Constitution of 1805 - Available online (French).
1806
- December 27 Constitution of 1806 - Available online (French).
