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residents and formerly enslaved people of eastern Hispaniola

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History slavery Haiti đź“Ť Haiti

residents and formerly enslaved people of eastern Hispaniola

Gender: Male

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Boyer’s proclamation declares emancipation across the unified island

đź“… 9 February 1822

On 9 February 1822, Haitian president Jean-Pierre Boyer issued a proclamation announcing the union of the eastern departments of Cibao and Ozama with the Republic of Haiti. It stated that “on this...