List of Historical Documents

List of documents, proclamations, and texts relating to Haiti's revolutionary history, with links to online versions of the documents, where available.

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 8 Constitution of 1801 (aka Toussaint's Constitution) - Available here in English and French.

• Toussaint Louverture letter to Napoleon Bonaparte - Letter addressing the subject of the 1801 constitution.

• 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).

See Also

• Category:Documents of the Haitian Revolution