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1807

1807: Governor W.C.C. Claiborne of the Louisiana Territory mandated that all free people of color arriving from the island of Haiti provide legal certificates proving thei

1807: Governor W.C.C. Claiborne of the Louisiana Territory mandated that all free people of color arriving from the island of Haiti provide legal certificates proving their status. Those unable to produce documentation were classified as fugitives from slavery and subjected to detention or expulsion.

Source  ·  p. 174 Gaffield, Haitian Connections in the Atlantic World, 174