Upon arrival in Santo Domingo, Louverture immediately restricted slavery, although complete abolition of slavery in Santo Domingo came in 1822, and in addition began converting the old Spanish colonial institutions into Haitian Revolutionary venues of government.
Njegov oče je bil Juan José Duarte iz Vejerja de la Frontere pri Cádizu v Španiji, njegova mati pa Manuela Díez Jiménez iz El Seyba, hčerka španskega očeta in dominikanske matere.