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Today Is Slavery Remembrance Day

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Attack and take of the Crête-à-Pierrot (4 - march 24, 1802). Original illustration by Auguste Raffet, engraving by Hébert.
Aug 23, 2019
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On this day in 1791, an uprising of enslaved Africans on the island of Saint Domingue (modern Haiti) began.

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Attack and take of the Crête-à-Pierrot (4 - march 24, 1802). Original illustration by Auguste Raffet, engraving by Hébert.