1804-Jan.-02
1804-Jan.-02: Jean-Jacques Dessalines issued an Arrêté canceling all existing plantation leases to bring agricultural production under state control.
1804-Jan.-02: Jean-Jacques Dessalines issued an Arrêté canceling all existing plantation leases to bring agricultural production under state control. The government aimed to lease these properties to military officers and elite citizens to fund the defense of the new nation.
Source · p. 85
Gaffield, Haitian Connections in the Atlantic World, 85