1798
1798: British forces evacuate occupied zones, effectively ending slavery for 70,000 blacks in those regions.
1798: British forces evacuate occupied zones, effectively ending slavery for 70,000 blacks in those regions. Toussaint’s diplomatic negotiations with General Maitland secured a peaceful withdrawal and local autonomy.
Source
Geggus, Haitian Revolutionary Studies, 20; Bell, Toussaint Louverture: A Biography, 82; Nicholls, From Dessalines to Duvalier, 29