CULTURETECHLENSHaytian Papers — state papers of the Kingdom of Hayti, 1816
“A collection of the very interesting proclamations, and other official documents; together with some account of the rise, progress, and present state of the Kingdom of Hayti” — the northern kingdom of Henri Christophe, presented to English readers in 1816.
Date / imprint: London: printed for W. Reed, 1816
Editor: Anonymous on the title page; attributed to Prince Saunders, the African-American educator then serving Christophe’s government
Verified contents: Extracts from the Registers of the Consuls’ deliberations · Narrative of the Accession of their Royal Majesties · State of Hayti proclamation · the 1811 Constitutional Law of the kingdom · Christophe’s Manifesto · Royal Gazette extracts
Text: Complete volume read at the source (this page carries the record and contents)
Source: Internet Archive: archive.org/details/haytianpaperscol00henr
Rights: 1816 London publication — public domain
Prince Saunders’ hand in this volume makes it a diaspora document twice over: the Black American educator who carried the kingdom’s case to London readers — and later emigrated to Haiti himself.
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