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Haiti and Kenya independence · TURNING POINT ·

Port-au-Prince (1770–1915)

1770–1915 — The colonial capital from 1770. As Port-Républicain it hosted the assembly that adopted Toussaint’s constitution on 9 May 1801; in July 1825 President Boyer accepted France’s indemnity here under Mackau’s guns; in December 1914 US Marines removed the national bank’s gold.

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Turning point
Chapter
Slavery in colonial Saint-Domingue (chapter 1 of Haiti and Kenya independence)
Atlas
Two Roads to Independence: Haiti 1789–1838 and Kenya 1895–1978
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Map showing Port-au-Prince (1770–1915), turning point in Two Roads to Independence: Haiti 1789–1838 and Kenya 1895–1978
TURNING POINT · TWO ROADS TO INDEPENDENCE: HAITI 1789–1838 AND KENYA 1895–1978

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