Historical Person

Léger-Félicité Sonthonax

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Racism 📍 Haiti

Léger-Félicité Sonthonax

Gender: Male

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Emancipation is proclaimed in northern Saint-Domingue

📅 29 August 1793

Civil commissioner Léger-Félicité Sonthonax proclaimed emancipation in the northern province amid warfare and enslaved people’s resistance. Freedom came with labor obligations. The measure was a major...