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The women of the Haitian Revolution
A priestess, a seamstress, two soldiers, and a nurse: five women without whom the story of 1804 is incomplete.
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Pétion and BolÃvar: how Haiti helped free South America
In 1816 a defeated Simón BolÃvar landed in Haiti with nothing. President Pétion gave him ships, weapons, and one condition.
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Jean-Jacques Dessalines: the man who declared Haiti free
Born enslaved, he led the final campaign of the revolution and gave the new nation its name.
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Toussaint Louverture: from slavery to statesman
Born enslaved near Cap-Français, he became the general and governor who made freedom impossible to undo.