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Sonthonax proclaims emancipation in the northern province

📅 29 Ougùstùs 1793

On 29 August 1793, civil commissioner Léger-Félicité Sonthonax proclaimed emancipation in the northern province of Saint-Domingue. The decree followed years of revolt and a military crisis in which...