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18
Novèmber
1803

Haitian forces defeat the French expedition at Vertières

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📅 18 Novèmber 1803 📍 Haiti

Jean-Jacques Dessalines’s forces defeated the French army at Vertières, the last major battle of the expedition. The victory made restoration of French colonial authority and slavery militarily untenable. Haitian independence followed weeks later.

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Personanan den e suseso aki

Jean-Jacques Dessalines

François Capois

Donatien de Rochambeau

Organisashonnan den e Evento aki

Indigenous Army of Haiti

French expeditionary army