Also known as: August 29, 1793 proclamation, Toussaint's Camp Turel proclamation
Last updated: April 26, 2026
On August 29, 1793, from Camp Turel, Toussaint Louverture issued the proclamation in which he publicly appeared for the first time as 'Toussaint Louverture' and called for 'Liberty and Equality' to reign in Saint-Domingue. The proclamation coincided with Sonthonax's North Province emancipation decree issued the same day. Historian Madison Smartt Bell treats it as a foundational moment of Toussaint's political self-invention—a bid to claim liberty on local Black terms rather than leaving that language solely to French commissioners.
Both the North Province decree and Toussaint's Camp Turel proclamation occurred on August 29, 1793
Camp Turel Proclamation
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