The city from which Jean-Jaques Dessalines declared Haiti's independance from France on January 1st, 1804. Although Dessalines would go on to massacre the remaining Europeans in the country and establish a system of forced servitude for the freed slaves, the announcement of independance was the first indication of sovereignty by any Latin American state. It was the only successful slave rebellion in history, and it inspired much discussion relating to the abolition of slavery in the rest of the world. Three years after the success of the Haitian Revolution, King George III ended the slave trade in England, marking one of the first steps towards total abolition.

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