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What does Jean Jacques Dessalines emphasize as necessary in order to assure liberty in Haiti?
Living independent or dying
What does Dessalines warn the Haitian people to be on guard against?
Proselytism destroying their work
What does Dessalines caution the Haitians not to do regarding their neighbors?
Trouble the peace of neighboring islands
In the proclamation, what does Jean Jacques Dessalines urge his people to renounce forever?
France and its domination
What is the main theme of the proclamation by Jean Jacques Dessalines?
Emphasizing the importance of liberty and independence
Test your knowledge of the proclamation of Haiti's independence by General Jean Jacques Dessalines to the Haitian people in Gonaives in 1804. Explore the historical significance and context of this pivotal event in Haitian history.
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