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August 14 1971 at Bois Caimen, Dutty Bookman then a slave in Saint-Domingue exalted the people in a ceremony to "take revenge against their French oppressors and "[c]ast aside the image of the God of the oppressors." August 22nd, the Haitian Rebellion begins. The revolt lasted until 1804 and with the military leadership of Toussaint Louverture, Jean-Jacques Dessalines declared the former colony's independence Jan 1st 1804. Haiti. #Haiti #Ayiti #HaitianRevolution #BlackAugust

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