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Haitian Constitution of 1801

The Haitian Constitution of 1801 paralleled the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen's ideas.

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Haitian Constitution of 1801

The Haitian Constitution of 1801 paralleled the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen's ideas.

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TITLE II Of the Inhabitants Art. 3. - There cannot exist slaves on this territory, servitude is therein forever abolished.

All men are born, live and die free and French. Art. 4. All men, regardless of color, are eligible to all employment. Art. 5. There shall exist no distinction other than those based on virtue and talent, and other superiority afforded by law in the exercise of a public function. The law is the same for all whether in punishment or in protection. TITLE V Of Men in Society Art. 12. The Constitution guarantees freedom and individual security. No one shall be arrested unless a formally expressed mandate, issued from a functionary to whom the law grants the right to order arrest and detention in a publicly designated location. Art. 13. Property is sacred and inviolable. All people, either by himself, or by his representatives, has the free right to dispose and to administer property that is recognized as belonging to him. Anyone who attempts to deny this right shall become guilty of crime towards society and responsible towards the person troubled in his property.

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