Haiti Declares Independence
Haiti becomes the first Black republic and the first Caribbean nation to gain independence from European colonial rule.
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April 19, 2026
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On January 1, 1804, Jean-Jacques Dessalines declared the independence of Saint-Domingue, renaming it Haiti — the indigenous Taíno name for the island. Haiti became the world's first Black republic and the first country in the Western Hemisphere to abolish slavery permanently.
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