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Constitution of Hayti. 
TITLE II. 
OF THE HAYTI AN S AND THEIB BIGHTS. 
SECTION I. 
Of the Haytians. 
5. Are Haytians, all individuals born in Hayti and descended 
from Africans and Indians, and all those born in foreign coun¬ 
tries of Haytian parents. 
Are also Haytians, all those who, up to the present time, 
have been recognized as such. 
6. All Africans or Indians and their descendants, are able 
to become Haytians. 
The law settles the formalities of naturalization. 
7. No white man, whatever be his nationality, shall be per¬ 
mitted to land on the Haytian territory, with the title of master 
or proprietor, nor shall he be able, in future, to acquire there 
either real estate or the rights of a Haytian. 
SECTION II. 
Of Civil and Political Rights. 
8. No slave can be held on the Territory of the Republic; 
slavery is forever abolished. 
9. All debts contracted through traffic in men, are annulled 
forever. 
10. The right of asylum is sacred and inviolable in the Re¬ 
public, except in the exceptional cases foreseen by law. 
11. The union of civil with political rights constitutes the 
quality of citizen. 
The exercise of civil rights is independent of the exercise of 
political. 
12. The exercise of civil rights is regulated by law. 
18. Every citizen, above the age of 21 years, exercises 
political rights, if he has, besides, the other necessaiy con¬ 
ditions determined by the Constitution. 
