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'''Fort-Liberté''' s the administrative centre of the Nord-Est Department, [[Haiti]]. It's former colonial name is Fort-Dauphin.
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'''Fort-Liberté''' s the administrative centre of the Nord-Est Department, [[Haiti]]. It's former colonial name is ''Fort-Dauphin''.
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[[Henri Christophe]] as King Henri I of Haiti renamed the city ''Fort-Royal'' in 1811 and in 1820 after he died the name was changed back to Fort Liberté.
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In September of 1892 José Martí, a leader of the Cuban independence movement and a national hero, visits Fort Liberté, [[Gonaïves]] and [[Le Cap]] on his way to join the war for Cuban independence.
  
 
[[Category:Haitian towns|Fort Liberté]]
 
[[Category:Haitian towns|Fort Liberté]]

Revision as of 15:25, 7 April 2008

Fort-Liberté s the administrative centre of the Nord-Est Department, Haiti. It's former colonial name is Fort-Dauphin.

Henri Christophe as King Henri I of Haiti renamed the city Fort-Royal in 1811 and in 1820 after he died the name was changed back to Fort Liberté.

In September of 1892 José Martí, a leader of the Cuban independence movement and a national hero, visits Fort Liberté, Gonaïves and Le Cap on his way to join the war for Cuban independence.