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independent Haitian state

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Haiti declares independence and secures the abolition of slavery

📅 1 January 1804

Jean-Jacques Dessalines proclaimed independence at Gonaïves and named the country Haiti, drawing on the Indigenous name Ayiti. The declaration explicitly rejected the prospect of re-enslavement and...