History
Vertières, 18 November 1803: the last battle
Outside Cap-Français, the army of formerly enslaved people defeated Napoleon’s troops and opened the road to independence.
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Bois Caïman, 14 August 1791: the night the revolution began
In a forest on the northern plain, enslaved leaders swore an oath. A week later the richest colony in the world was on fire.
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18 May 1803: Catherine Flon and the birth of the flag
At Arcahaie, a strip of white was torn away and two colors were sewn together. Haiti has celebrated Flag Day ever since.
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1 January 1804: the birth of the first Black republic
In Gonaïves, after thirteen years of struggle, a people who had freed themselves declared a new nation.
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Ayiti before 1492: the land of the TaÃno
Long before it was a colony, the island had a name, five chiefdoms, and a people whose words we still use today.