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Official Proclamation of the Constitution of Saint Domingue
October 15th, 1801

"As per the new declaration of the Republic of France, by order of the First Consul Bonaparte and the national legislature the reaffirmation of the freedom of the people of Haiti is guranteed. Through the appointed Governor-General Louverture, per election of the people of Saint Domingue and confirmation by the First Consul the place of Saint Domingue and its people in the French Republic are set in place. The motherland of France will as per its paternal responsibilites nurture and look toward its people in the Americas, protecting them from the harms of within and without. Let life and fraternity now exsist by the grace of God between the people of France and Saint Domingue, and this shall extend forth to those territories of France. This bond shall be set in stone for all time..."
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