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On which date did Haiti declare independence?
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What was the world's richest colony in the 1780s?
Answer: Saint-Domingue
Why: Its plantations made it the world's leading producer of both sugar and coffee.
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What soup do Haitians eat on Independence Day?
Answer: Pumpkin soup
Why: Called soup joumou, it was added to UNESCO's intangible cultural heritage list in December 2021.
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Who declared northern Saint-Domingue's slaves free in August 1793?
Answer: Léger-Félicité Sonthonax
Why: Fellow commissioner Étienne Polverel freed the slaves of the West and South by 31 October 1793.
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In which year did the slave uprising in Saint-Domingue begin?
Answer: 1791
Why: UNESCO's yearly day of remembrance for the slave trade, 23 August, marks the night the uprising began.
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What title did Dessalines take in September 1804?
Answer: Emperor
Why: He was crowned Jacques I in October 1804, about two months before Napoleon's own coronation in Paris.
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Where was a printed copy of Haiti's independence act found in 2010?
Answer: London
Why: Historians had tried and failed to find a copy in the 1950s, for Haiti's 150th anniversary.