Act of Independence - Revision history

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 ==External links==
 * [http://laventana.casa.cult.cu/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1681 Proclamación de la Independencia de Haití] - Spanish translation of the Haitian Independence Declaration.
 * YouTube: [http://youtube.com/watch?v=ZK7Blk3ztpI&v3| Black August 2004 by Mumia Abu Jamal (audio/video)] - Read by Mr. Jamal, set to music track and images of war.

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 ==See also==
 * [[Act of Independence (French)]] - French text of the declaration of independence.
 * [[Haitian Constitution of 1805]]
 * [[The Struggle for the Recognition of Haiti and Liberia as Independent Republics]] - 1917 article from ''The Journal of Negro History'' outlining some of the reasons behind the U.S. delay in recognizing Haiti.

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-[[image:jean_jacques_dessalines_II.jpg|right|thumb|240px|Portrait of Jean-Jacques Dessalines.]] [[image:Name_change_of_st_domingue.jpg|right|thumb|240px|Newspaper announcing the name change of Saint-Domingue.]] The Haitian '''Act of Independence''' (French: ''Acte de l'Indépendance''), declaring former [[Saint-Domingue]] independent from France, was drafted by [[Boisrond Tonnerre]] and read by [[Jean-Jacques Dessalines]] on the Place d'Armes of [[Gonaïves]] on [[January 1]], [[1804]]. This marks the beginning of independence for [[Haiti]].<br><br>Actually, the first declaration of independence was read in Fort-Dauphin on November 29, [[1803]]; it was signed by Dessalines, [[Christophe]] and Clerveaux and drafted by B. Aime. Of note, all of the "chiefs of Saint-Domingue" who signed the first ringing declaration at [[Fort-Dauphin]] had been generals of Leclerc 14 months before. Also of note it spoke of St. Domingue while the name was changed to Haiti in the one that was proclaimed in Gonaives.
+[[image:jean_jacques_dessalines_II.jpg|right|thumb|240px|Portrait of Jean-Jacques Dessalines.]] [[Image:Francois capois portrait.jpg|right|thumb|240px|Portrait of François Capois "La Mort".]]
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 <center><b>[[Christophe]], [[Pétion]], Clerveaux, Vernet, Gabart</b></center>
 <center>Major Generals</center><br>
-<center><b>P.Romain, G. Gérin,[[François Capois|F. Capois]], Jean-Louis François, Férou, Cangé, G. Bazelais, [[Magloire Ambroise]], J.J. Herne, Toussaint Brave, Yayou</b></center>
+<center><b>P.Romain, G. Gérin, [[François Capois|F. Capois]], Jean-Louis François, Férou, Cangé, G. Bazelais, [[Magloire Ambroise]],  J.J. Herne, Toussaint Brave, Yayou</b></center>
 <center>Brigadier generals</center><br>
 <center><b>Bonet, F. Paplier, Morelly, Chevalier, Marion</b></center>

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−	[[image:jean_jacques_dessalines_II.jpg\|right\|thumb\|240px\|Portrait of Jean-Jacques Dessalines.]] [[image:Name_change_of_st_domingue.jpg\|right\|thumb\|240px\|Newspaper announcing the name change of Saint-Domingue.]] The Haitian '''Act of Independence''' (French: ''Acte de l'Indépendance''), declaring former [[Saint-Domingue]] independent from France, was drafted by [[Boisrond Tonnerre]] and read by [[Jean-Jacques Dessalines]] on the Place d'Armes of [[Gonaïves]] on [[January 1]], [[1804]]. This marks the beginning of independence for [[Haiti]].<br><br>Actually, the first declaration of ~~independance~~ was read in Fort-Dauphin on November 29, 1803; it was signed by Dessalines, Christophe and Clerveaux and drafted by B. Aime. Of note, all of the "chiefs of Saint-Domingue" who signed the first ringing declaration at Fort-Dauphin had been generals of Leclerc 14 months before. Also of note it spoke of St. Domingue while the name was changed to Haiti in the one that was proclaimed in Gonaives.	+	[[image:jean_jacques_dessalines_II.jpg\|right\|thumb\|240px\|Portrait of Jean-Jacques Dessalines.]] [[image:Name_change_of_st_domingue.jpg\|right\|thumb\|240px\|Newspaper announcing the name change of Saint-Domingue.]] The Haitian '''Act of Independence''' (French: ''Acte de l'Indépendance''), declaring former [[Saint-Domingue]] independent from France, was drafted by [[Boisrond Tonnerre]] and read by [[Jean-Jacques Dessalines]] on the Place d'Armes of [[Gonaïves]] on [[January 1]], [[1804]]. This marks the beginning of independence for [[Haiti]].<br><br>Actually, the first declaration of independence was read in Fort-Dauphin on November 29, [[1803]]; it was signed by Dessalines, [[Christophe]] and Clerveaux and drafted by B. Aime. Of note, all of the "chiefs of Saint-Domingue" who signed the first ringing declaration at [[Fort-Dauphin]] had been generals of Leclerc 14 months before. Also of note it spoke of St. Domingue while the name was changed to Haiti in the one that was proclaimed in Gonaives.

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−	[[image:jean_jacques_dessalines_II.jpg\|right\|thumb\|240px\|Portrait of Jean-Jacques Dessalines.]] [[image:Name_change_of_st_domingue.jpg\|right\|thumb\|240px\|Newspaper announcing the name change of Saint-Domingue.]] The Haitian '''Act of Independence''' (French: ''Acte de l'Indépendance''), declaring former [[Saint-Domingue]] independent from France, was drafted by [[Boisrond Tonnerre]] and read by [[Jean-Jacques Dessalines]] on the Place d'Armes of [[Gonaïves]] on [[January 1]], [[1804]]. This marks the beginning of independence for [[Haiti]].<br><br>	+	[[image:jean_jacques_dessalines_II.jpg\|right\|thumb\|240px\|Portrait of Jean-Jacques Dessalines.]] [[image:Name_change_of_st_domingue.jpg\|right\|thumb\|240px\|Newspaper announcing the name change of Saint-Domingue.]] The Haitian '''Act of Independence''' (French: ''Acte de l'Indépendance''), declaring former [[Saint-Domingue]] independent from France, was drafted by [[Boisrond Tonnerre]] and read by [[Jean-Jacques Dessalines]] on the Place d'Armes of [[Gonaïves]] on [[January 1]], [[1804]]. This marks the beginning of independence for [[Haiti]].<br><br>Actually, the first declaration of independance was read in Fort-Dauphin on November 29, 1803; it was signed by Dessalines, Christophe and Clerveaux and drafted by B. Aime. Of note, all of the "chiefs of Saint-Domingue" who signed the first ringing declaration at Fort-Dauphin had been generals of Leclerc 14 months before. Also of note it spoke of St. Domingue while the name was changed to Haiti in the one that was proclaimed in Gonaives.

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−	[[image:jean_jacques_dessalines_II.jpg\|right\|thumb\|240px\|Portrait of Jean-Jacques Dessalines.]]The Haitian '''Act of Independence''' (French: ''Acte de l'Indépendance''), declaring former [[Saint-Domingue]] independent from France, was drafted by [[Boisrond Tonnerre]] and read by [[Jean-Jacques Dessalines]] on the Place d'Armes of [[Gonaïves]] on [[January 1]], [[1804]]. This marks the beginning of independence for [[Haiti]].<br><br>	+	[[image:jean_jacques_dessalines_II.jpg\|right\|thumb\|240px\|Portrait of Jean-Jacques Dessalines.]] [[image:Name_change_of_st_domingue.jpg\|right\|thumb\|240px\|Newspaper announcing the name change of Saint-Domingue.]] The Haitian '''Act of Independence''' (French: ''Acte de l'Indépendance''), declaring former [[Saint-Domingue]] independent from France, was drafted by [[Boisrond Tonnerre]] and read by [[Jean-Jacques Dessalines]] on the Place d'Armes of [[Gonaïves]] on [[January 1]], [[1804]]. This marks the beginning of independence for [[Haiti]].<br><br>

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