Happy Indepence Day To Haiti, The First Black Republic To Become Independent

Sak Pase! Happy New Year and Happy Haitian Independence Day. Let us take the time to welcome 2018 and embrace a new beginning. If 2017 was not your year don’t fret, 2018 is here and we wish you a year full of prosperity, good health, and enlightenment

Let us also celebrate Haiti’s independence. On this day in 1804, Haiti gained their Independence. Haiti became the first Black independent Republic in the world. Jean-Jacques Dessalines defeated Napoleon Bonaparte’s colonial forces and declared Haiti’s independence. After proclaiming independence from France, the first successful slave uprising inspired other countries to do the same.

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