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At one point the plantations of St Domingue provided two-thirds of France's overseas wealth.
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"I wish I never witnessed that, " Steven Domingue z told CNN affiliate WPIX.
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Ms. Domingue, who is 43 and lives in Baton Rouge, has one published novel with two on the way.
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Following a violent slave rebellion in the neighbouring French colony of Saint Domingue (now Haiti) in 1791, many French plantation owners fled to Cuba fearing for their lives.
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On the night of August 22 to 23, 1791, in Bois-Caiman, in the then French colony of Saint Domingue, the slaves revolted to secure their release.
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The end of French rule meant the colony of Saint Domingue, renamed Haiti after its original Taino Indian name, became the first black-led independent nation in the world.
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On the night of 22 to 23 August 1791, an uprising began in Saint Domingue (present-day Haiti) that would lead to the abolition of the transatlantic slave trade.
UNESCO: Message from the Director-General on the occasion of the International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
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This is a significant date as it recalls an uprising of enslaved Africans on the island of Saint Domingue in 1791, resulting in the establishment of the Republic of Haiti, the first black independent state in the Western World.
UNESCO: UK National Commission for UNESCO :: 2010 International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition
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Ms. Domingue hasn't met Mr. Lopez.
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