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1804-Jan.-01

1804-Jan.-01: Jean-Jacques Dessalines formally declared the independence of Haiti, making it the first independent black republic in the world.

HT-TCWI-2018-000208

1804-Jan.-01: Jean-Jacques Dessalines formally declared the independence of Haiti, making it the first independent black republic in the world. Julius S. Scott views this event as the ultimate fulfillment of the revolutionary currents he traces throughout The Common Wind. The declaration was followed by the mass emigration of thousands of refugees, both white and black, to ports across the Americas, including New Orleans and Charleston. The birth of Haiti fundamentally altered the geopolitical landscape of the Atlantic world and provided a lasting symbol of resistance for enslaved people everywhere. This culmination of the revolution also signaled a new era of isolation as neighboring slaveholding powers sought to contain the new nation’s influence.

Source  ·  HT-TCWI-2018-000208  ·  p. 208 Scott, The Common Wind, 208 / Bates: HT-TCWI-2018-000208