CULTURETECHLENSConstitution of Saint-Domingue — Louverture’s Constitution, 1801
The constitution that made Saint-Domingue self-governing in all but name: slavery abolished, Toussaint Louverture named governor-general for life, in 77 articles.
Date: Adopted 9 May 1801; promulgated by Louverture, 8 July 1801
Issuers: Toussaint Louverture, governor-general, and the Central Assembly of Saint-Domingue
Text: Complete French text read at the source (this page carries the record; the full text is in the linked editions)
Sources: Original-era printing, Cap-Français, veuve Leroux, 1801 — John Carter Brown Library copy: archive.org/details/constitutionfran00sain · also printed in full in Janvier, Les constitutions d’Haïti (1886): archive.org/details/lesconstitutions00hait
Rights: 1801 imprint — public domain
The digitized Cap-Français printing also binds in Louverture proclamations; its text closes with Article 77 and Louverture’s signature. A CultureTechLens transcription of the 77 articles, made from these editions, is a named follow-up; until it is checked article by article, the complete text is read at the sources above rather than reprinted unverified here.
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