@naomiosaka The Haitian Revolution 🇭🇹✊🏾🇭🇹
@naomiosaka January 15 1860 | African American Migration to Haiti 🇭🇹
@naomiosaka Joseph Cadet Jeremie direct descendant of explorer Jean-Baptiste Dusable who founded #Chicago in 1779. 🇭🇹 #haitianhistory #1950s

He was an author, Haitian Supreme Court justice, Dean of #Haitian Journalists & decorated by Pape Pius XII. #dussable #jeanbaptistedusable #haiti
@naomiosaka August 22, 1859| Haitian Government Invites African-American to Migrate to Haiti to escape slavery. Agree to pay for trip, to give land, citizenship...🇭🇹
@naomiosaka April 1804 | Haitian gouvernement used to buy African-American slaves for $40 to set them free. Pay for their trip to Haiti, give citizenship & land. Advertisement published in a newspaper where Haiti’s founding father, Dessalines, promoted Haiti as a haven of freedom for Blacks.

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