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1804-Jan.-14

1804-Jan.-14: President Dessalines issued a decree offering a financial reward to American ship captains for every Haitian repatriated from the United States.

1804-Jan.-14: President Dessalines issued a decree offering a financial reward to American ship captains for every Haitian repatriated from the United States. This measure sought to bring back free people of color and formerly enslaved individuals to assist in rebuilding the country.

Source  ·  p. 77 Gaffield, Haitian Connections in the Atlantic World, 77