On Saturday night, Haitian-Americans in the Chicago area came out to remember the lives lost while also celebrating their native country's independence. The "19th Annual Unity Day" event was held ...

Independence or death... let these sacred words unite us and ... Eternal hatred of France!" Natives of Haiti! My happy fate was to be one day the sentinel who would watch over the idol to which you ...

The historical events that led to Haiti's independence -- and to the document found by Duke graduate student Julia Gaffield -- began taking shape a few years after the 1782 Treaty of Paris officially ...

Members of our family have a three-century tradition of service to Haiti, going back to the colonial era and the struggle for independence from France. Our ancestors — French Catholics and Jews ...

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States on Tuesday extended its ban on flights to Haiti’s capital until Sept. 8 because of escalating gang violence, which the U.N.’s human rights expert on ...

Chicago Founder and Haitian Revolutionary Jean Baptiste Point du Sable Chicago Founder Jean Baptiste Point du Sable ...

In 1804, the country renamed itself Haiti, which means "mountainous," and declared its independence, with Dessalines as leader. Haiti became the first free black republic in the world, the first ...

In a letter to the U.N. Security Council dated Monday, Guterres recommends that the rules of engagement — which govern the circumstances under which weapons can be fired — for the current Kenya-led ...

The Haitian Revolution caused a seismic shift in global politics When a mixture of different groups on the French colony of Saint Domingue rose against the colonists few expected the rebellion to ...