List of Historical Documents
From TLP
List of documents, proclamations, and texts relating to Haiti's revolutionary history, with links to online versions of the documents, where available.
Contents
1685
- Edict of March 1685 (Code Noir) - Available online (French) (click Varia, then the appropriate link under Documents).
1716
- Edict of Paris, October 1685 (Regulation of Slavery) - - Available online (French) (click Varia, then the appropriate link under Documents).
1724
- Edict of March 1724 (Code Noir, recast) - Available online (French) (click Varia, then the appropriate link under Documents).
1738
- Royal Declaration of December 15, 1738 (Regulation of Slavery) - Available online (French) (click Varia, then the appropriate link under Documents).
1777
- Royal Declaration of August 9, 1777 (Prohibition of Slavery) - Available online (French) (click Varia, then the appropriate link under Documents).
1789
- August 28 Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen by the French National Constituent Assembly (establishing of individual rights) - English version: Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
1793
- Sonthonax' Proclamation of August 29, 1793 (Abolishing Slavery) - Available online (French) (click Varia, then the appropriate link under Documents).
1794
- June 8 General Whyte's Proclamation to the People of Haiti - Available at The Napoleon Series
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.
- July 17 Tobias Lear letter to Madison - Letter by the new U.S. Consul General in Haiti, to his Secretary of State, James Madison.
1802
- May 20 Napoleon's Decree of 1802 (Re-establishing Slavery) - Available online (French) (click Varia, then the appropriate link under Documents).
1804
- January 1 Proclamation Of Haiti's Independence By The General In Chief, Jean-Jacques Dessalines. English translation available at Found Spirits.
1805
- May 20 Constitution of 1805 - Available online (French) (click Varia, then the appropriate link under Documents).
1806
- December 27 Constitution of 1806 - Available online (French) (click Varia, then the appropriate link under Documents).
