Toussaint Louverture promulgated the Constitution of Saint-Domingue on 8 July 1801. It declared that slavery was forever abolished, barred racial distinctions in principle, and made Toussaint governor-general for life, with power to name a successor. It also preserved a constitutional tie to France and maintained tightly regulated plantation agriculture and labor. The charter embodied a bold assertion of Black political self-rule and legal abolition, while concentrating power and limiting workers’ control over labor and land.
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What did the Constitution promulgated on 8 July 1801 declare about slavery?
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The constitution’s third article declared slavery abolished forever.
The July 1801 constitution declared slavery forever abolished.
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Article 3 states that slavery was forever abolished in Saint-Domingue.