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1803-Nov.-18

1803-Nov.-18: A decisive victory over the French is achieved at the Battle of Vertières.

1803-Nov.-18: A decisive victory over the French is achieved at the Battle of Vertières. This final military engagement forced the remains of the French army to abandon the colony forever.

Source James, The Black Jacobins, 368; Dubois, Avengers of the New World, 294; Nicholls, From Dessalines to Duvalier, 30