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  2. Haiti - Wikipedia

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    Haiti (also earlier Hayti) [d] comes from the indigenous Taíno language and means "land of high mountains"; [38] it was the native name [e] for the entire island of Hispaniola. The name was restored by Haitian revolutionary Jean-Jacques Dessalines as the official name of independent Saint-Domingue, as a tribute to the Amerindian predecessors. [42]

  3. History of Haiti - Wikipedia

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    By 1840, Haiti had ceased to export sugar entirely, although large amounts continued to be grown for local consumption as taffia-a raw rum. However, Haiti continued to export coffee, which required little cultivation and grew semi-wild. The 1842 Cap-Haïtien earthquake destroyed the city, and the Sans-Souci Palace, killing 10,000 people.

  4. Timeline of Haitian history - Wikipedia

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    The governments of Haiti and the United States sign an agreement on the withdrawal of U.S. troops from the country and the end of the U.S. occupation 18 October: President Vincent of Haiti and President Rafael Leónidas Trujillo of the Dominican Republic meet for diplomatic talks in Ouanaminthe in northeastern Haiti, near the Dominican border 1934

  5. Haitian Revolution - Wikipedia

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    The American President Thomas Jefferson—who was a slaveholder himself—refused to establish diplomatic relations with Haiti (the United States did not recognize Haiti until 1862) and imposed an economic embargo on trade with Haiti that also lasted until 1862 in an attempt to ensure the economic failure of the new republic as Jefferson wanted ...

  6. Where is Haiti? What to know about the the Caribbean ... - AOL

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    Haiti is not a territory of the United States; it is an independent nation, gaining freedom from France in 1804, at the end of the Haitian Revolution. Though, it was nearly 60 years before the ...

  7. United States occupation of Haiti - Wikipedia

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    Haiti's legislature initially refused to ratify the treaty, though Admiral Caperton threatened hold payments from Haiti until the treaty was signed. [48] The treaty gave the President of the United States the power to appoint a customs receiver general, economic advisors, public works engineers; and to assign American military officers to ...

  8. Culture of Haiti - Wikipedia

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    Haiti's most famous monuments are the Sans-Souci Palace and the Citadelle Laferrière, inscribed as a World Heritage Site in 1982. [1] Situated in the Northern Massif de la Hotte, in one of Haiti's National Parks, the structures date from the early 19th century. [2] The buildings were among the first to be built after Haiti's independence from ...

  9. Slavery in Haiti - Wikipedia

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    Slavery is still widespread in Haiti today. According to the 2014 Global Slavery Index, Haiti has an estimated 237,700 enslaved persons [86] making it the country with the second-highest prevalence of slavery in the world, behind only Mauritania. [87] Haiti has more human trafficking than any other Central or South American country. [88]