HAITIAN INDEPENDENCE... At the end of the bloody uprising of the slaves of the island of St. Domingue against their French masters, on January 1, 1804 General Dessalines, leader of the uprising after the arrest of Toussaint L’Ouverture, read this Act of Independence on the Place dArmes of Gonaïves. Yesterday was Haitis 211th year of Independence. Haiti was the first territory in the Western Hemisphere to achieve its own independence from colonial powers. Our people fought long and hard for their own independence and freedom from the chains and sufferings that they endured during centuries under Chattel Slavery. https://youtube/watch?v=0PDuOxwAS3I
Posted on: Fri, 02 Jan 2015 12:56:11 +0000
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