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Creation of the Haitian flag (1803)

On the Haiti and Kenya independence map as “The flag at Arcahaie”

18 May 1803 — Meeting with the rebel generals at Arcahaie, Dessalines tears the white from the French tricolour. Tradition credits Catherine Flon with sewing the remaining blue and red together. It becomes the flag of the war for independence.

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Turning point
Chapter
Napoleon’s Saint-Domingue expedition (chapter 4 of Haiti and Kenya independence)
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Two Roads to Independence: Haiti 1789–1838 and Kenya 1895–1978
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Map showing Creation of the Haitian flag (1803), 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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