1807
1807: Article 41 of the northern constitution explicitly guarantees the security of property for all foreign merchants operating in the country.
1807: Article 41 of the northern constitution explicitly guarantees the security of property for all foreign merchants operating in the country. This provision was designed to attract international trade and distinguish the kingdom from the more restrictive republic in the South.
Source · p. 53
Nicholls, From Dessalines to Duvalier, 53