Lot 98
Numbered Copy of a Pivotal Broadside from the Haitian Revolution. The original proclamation of June 20, 1793 was issued by Étienne Polverel & Léger-Félicité Sonthonax, the French revolutionary commissioners who ended slavery in Saint-Domingue during the Haitian revolution. It called for the peaceful surrender of French soldiers who had, under the generalship of François-Thomas Galbaud, leveled Cap Français, the most important city in the French Caribbean. The events of those few days would hasten the abolition of slavery in Haiti, marking the first successful slave revolt and the genesis of the first independent state ruled by non-whites in the Americas. One page, in French, 18 x 13½", with manuscript notations at the upper left and lower right to indicate this is a copy of the 1793 original. Rough around the left and lower margins, with some minor discoloration at the left, this is a fine souvenir of an important historical event. Estimated Value $200 - 300
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