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1790-Aug.

1790-Aug.: A Colonial Assembly meeting in the town of Saint Marc declares itself sovereign.

1790-Aug.: A Colonial Assembly meeting in the town of Saint Marc declares itself sovereign. This act of defiance challenged French control and deepened political divisions among the white population.

Source Geggus, Haitian Revolutionary Studies, 10; Nicholls, From Dessalines to Duvalier, 40