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1793, August 29 – 1794, February 4

1793, August 29 – 1794, February 4: (The Universal Proclamation of Liberty): On August 29, 1793, in the ruins of the Cap, Sonthonax decreed the Declaration o…

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1793, August 29 – 1794, February 4: (The Universal Proclamation of Liberty): On August 29, 1793, in the ruins of the Cap, Sonthonax decreed the Declaration of the Rights of Man and proclaimed the end of slavery in the North. Polvérel followed suit in Port-au-Prince on September 22, extending liberty to the South and West. A symbolic three-man delegation, Dufay (white), Mills (homme de couleur), and Jean-Baptiste Belley-Mars (noir), arrived in Paris on February 3, 1794, to represent the colony. The next day, the National Convention decreed the end of slavery throughout the territory of the Republic by acclamation, an event so emotional that a woman of color in the gallery fainted with joy.