jan 11, 1791 - Haiti independence declared in 1791, there are 2 significant people during their independence movements. those people are Napoleon and Francois Toussaint-Louverture. Haiti had a majority population of enslaved Africans who were forced to work the sugar and coffee plantations and they were treated brutally and wanted rights.
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jan 11, 1791
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~ 234 years ago