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Events on Sunday 1 January 1804 1
1804Haitian Declaration of IndependenceJean-Jacques Dessalines proclaims Haiti independent from FranceOn 1 January 1804, Jean-Jacques Dessalines declared the independence of Haiti, ending a thirteen-year revolution by enslaved and formerly enslaved people against French colonial rule. Haiti became the first state in the Americas to abolish slavery and the first nation founded by a successful slave revolt.