1804-Jan.-20
1804-Jan.-20: Dessalines published an ordinance requiring all agricultural laborers to obtain special licenses to become market vendors in towns.
1804-Jan.-20: Dessalines published an ordinance requiring all agricultural laborers to obtain special licenses to become market vendors in towns. This measure was designed to prevent creole women from leaving plantations and to stabilize the island’s agricultural production.
Source · p. 26, 112
Gaffield, Haitian Connections in the Atlantic World, 26, 112