Haitian Senate

Haitian Senate registers the 1825 agreement under naval pressure

📅 11 July 1825

On 8 July, President Boyer accepted the French terms while requesting revisions; the Senate registered the commitment on 11 July. A French squadron carrying hundreds of cannon had threatened a...

Haiti’s Constitution declares slavery forever abolished and cancels slave-purchase debts

📅 14 November 1846

The Constitution dated 14 November 1846 stated in Article 8 that slavery was forever abolished and in Article 9 that any debt contracted to acquire people was extinguished forever. These provisions...