Haiti was liberated from French colonial rule primarily through the leadership of Toussaint L'Ouverture, who led a successful slave revolt that began in 1791. Following his capture and deportation, Jean-Jacques Dessalines continued the fight for independence. Haiti officially declared its independence on January 1, 1804, becoming the first independent nation in Latin America and the Caribbean and the first post-colonial independent black-led nation in the world.
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