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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. | '''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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| + | [[Marie-Claire Heureuse Félicité]], the wife of [[Jean-Jacques Dessalines]] died here in August of 1858. | ||
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Revision as of 23:37, 21 January 2006
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.
Marie-Claire Heureuse Félicité, the wife of Jean-Jacques Dessalines died here in August of 1858.
