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1793-12-27

Sonthonax issued a proclamation in 32 articles on the police of the port of Port-au-Prince to prevent escapes…

Haitian

Sonthonax issued a proclamation in 32 articles on the police of the port of Port-au-Prince to prevent escapes, with fines of six and twelve thousand livres on ships’ captains; Ardouin notes that these measures were more threatening than applied.

Source  ·  p. 347, 348 Beaubrun Ardouin, Études sur l'histoire d'Haïti, suivies de la vie du général J.-M. Borgella (t. II) (1853), p. 347, 348