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'''Gonaïves''' is a coastal city in northern [[Haiti]], it is the capital of the Artibonite department. Gonaïves is also known as Haiti's City of Independence because it was there that [[Jean-Jacques Dessalines]] declared [[Haiti]], the former [[Saint-Domingue]] independent from France on [[January 1]], [[1804]] by reading the [[Act of Independence]] on the Place d'Armes in the town.
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'''Gonaïves''' is a coastal city in northern [[Haiti]], it is the capital of the Artibonite department. Gonaïves is also known as Haiti's City of Independence because it was there that [[Jean-Jacques Dessalines]] declared [[Haiti]], the former [[Saint-Domingue]] independent from France on [[January 1]], [[1804]] by reading the [[Act of Independence]], drafted by [[Boisrond Tonerre]], on the Place d'Armes of the town.
  
 
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Revision as of 10:55, 12 December 2005

Gonaïves is a coastal city in northern Haiti, it is the capital of the Artibonite department. Gonaïves is also known as Haiti's City of Independence because it was there that Jean-Jacques Dessalines declared Haiti, the former Saint-Domingue independent from France on January 1, 1804 by reading the Act of Independence, drafted by Boisrond Tonerre, on the Place d'Armes of the town.