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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