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Citadelle Laferrière
Milot, N/A, Haiti
A mountaintop fortress built between 1805 and 1820 under King Henri Christophe's orders to defend newly independent Haiti against a feared French attempt to retake the island. It is the largest fortress in the Americas.
Counter-Narrative
The myth this site refutes: that enslaved and oppressed people accepted their condition. Every stone here is evidence of refusal.
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← Before · Colonial America
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"Shared theme: Freedom and Resistance & International Diaspora Connections"
"Shared theme: Freedom and Resistance & International Diaspora Connections"