CULTURETECHLENSConstitution of the Republic of Hayti, 1816 — the Pétion constitution
The 1816 constitution of the southern Republic of Hayti under President Alexandre Pétion — in the contemporary English edition (London, 1818) held and digitized by the Library of Congress.
Date: Constitution adopted 1816; this English edition London, 1818
Issuer: The Republic of Hayti under President Alexandre Pétion
Added documents: The edition appends the Pétion–French commissioners correspondence (Vicomte de Fontanges and M. Esmangart, 2 October – 10 November 1816) — the negotiations over French recognition of Haitian independence
Text: Complete volume — text, images, and PDF — read at the Library of Congress
Source: Library of Congress, Law Library digitization, item loc.gov/item/76373969 (call number KGS2914 1816 .C66 1818); LOC records no access restriction and no rights advisory
Rights: 1818 publication — public domain
This is the southern republic’s constitution — Christophe’s northern kingdom had its own fundamental law, carried in the Haytian Papers (Haiti-007).
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