At the Arcahaie congress, revolutionary leaders adopted a flag formed by removing the white band from the French tricolor and joining blue and red. Haitian tradition associates the act with Dessalines and Catherine Flon. The flag signaled an alliance against French rule and a political community with its own symbols. The details of the flag’s making are recounted through national memory as well as later documentation.
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What was adopted at Arcahaie on 18 May 1803?
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The flag became a symbol of the revolutionary alliance and distinct political identity.
The 1803 flag was a symbol of political separation from French colonial power.
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The bicolor represented a distinct revolutionary political community.