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Cap-Haïtien, N/A, Haiti
Site of the decisive November 18, 1803 battle in which Jean-Jacques Dessalines's forces defeated the remaining French expeditionary army, effectively ending Napoleon's attempt to restore slavery in Saint-Domingue.
Counter-Narrative
The myth this site refutes: that enslaved and oppressed people accepted their condition. Every stone here is evidence of refusal.
Associated Events
Before & After This Era
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Sites in Conversation
"Both part of: Haitian Declaration of Independence (January 1, 1804)"
"Shared theme: Freedom and Resistance & Military Service"
"Shared theme: Freedom and Resistance & International Diaspora Connections"