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| − | '''Gonaïves''' is a coastal city in northern [[Haiti]], located 150 km (93 miles) Northwest of [[Port-au-Prince]]. 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 Tonnerre]], on the Place d'Armes of the town. | + | '''Gonaïves''' is a coastal city in northern [[Haiti]], located 150 km (93 miles) Northwest of [[Port-au-Prince]]. 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 Tonnerre]], on the Place d'Armes of the town. |
[[Marie-Claire Heureuse Félicité]], the wife of [[Jean-Jacques Dessalines]] died here in August of 1858. | [[Marie-Claire Heureuse Félicité]], the wife of [[Jean-Jacques Dessalines]] died here in August of 1858. | ||
Revision as of 19:39, 12 March 2006
Gonaïves is a coastal city in northern Haiti, located 150 km (93 miles) Northwest of Port-au-Prince. 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 Tonnerre, on the Place d'Armes of the town.
Marie-Claire Heureuse Félicité, the wife of Jean-Jacques Dessalines died here in August of 1858.
The Gulf of Gonaïves is named after the town.
See also
- Toussaint Louverture letter to Jean-Jacques Dessalines - Letter by Toussaint Louverture written on February 8, 1802 in Gonaïves, the Toussaint's headquarter.
References
- Gonaïves. The Columbia Gazetteer of North America, edited by Saul B. Cohen. New York: Columbia University Press, 2000. [1]. [accessed March 11, 2006].
