Haiti's revolution (aug 21, 1791 – jan 1, 1804)
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Two months after his defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte's colonial forces, Jean-Jacques Dessalines proclaims the independence of Saint-Domingue, renaming it Haiti. They wanted their independence because they wanted to end the slavery. It was also to be free from its former nation, france
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Revolutions of 1848
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