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1793-Aug.-29

1793-Aug.-29: Slavery is officially abolished in the Northern Province by civil commissioner Sonthonax.

1793-Aug.-29: Slavery is officially abolished in the Northern Province by civil commissioner Sonthonax. This radical proclamation was intended to win the support of the black masses against encroaching European invaders.

Source Fick, The Making of Haiti, 159; Dubois, Avengers of the New World, 163; Geggus, Haitian Revolutionary Studies, 15; Nicholls, From Dessalines to Duvalier, 28