Happy Haitian Independence Day 🇭🇹 bon fet endepandans #Fblifestyle #haitian #Haiti | Briana Roy

🇭🇹 Happy Independence Day🇭🇹 January 1, 1804, Haiti made history by being the first black republic in the world and the first country in the Western Hemisphere to abolish slavery. From August 1791 the Haitian revolution begun with the Ceremony Bois Caïman and the final battle took place in Vertières on November 18th, 1803. Exactly 219 years ago on January 1st, 1804 the Declaration of Independence had a public reading in Gonaïves which is known as the City of Independence. 🎵 @thejessiewoo . .

Haitian Revolution | Overview, Timeline & Significance

🤣🤣🤣 what a joke Marie-Jeanne Lamartinière was a Haitian revolutionary woman who fought during the Haitian Revolution (1791–1804).She’s best known for her role in the Battle of Crête-à-Pierrot (1802), where she reportedly fought fiercely alongside her husband, Louis Daure Lamartinière, defending the fort against Napoleon’s French troops.Accounts describe her as wearing a military uniform, fearlessly fighting with a musket, and caring for wounded soldiers — acts that made her a symbol of female