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Guerrilla leader Toussaint Louverture conquers Haiti aboloshing slavery and declaring himself govener general of all of Hispaniola.
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Haiti becomes independent, Jean-Jacques becomes emperor.
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Emperor Jean-Jacques Dessalines is assassinated and Haiti is divided into black controlled north and mulato ruled south.
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Pierre Boyer unifies Haiti, but excludes blacks from power
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The US invades Haiti causing more friction with the mulato’s
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The US withdraws its troops but still keeps control until 1947
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“Papa Doc” Duvalier comes into power by way of a coup
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“Papa Doc” becomes permanent ruler
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Papa Doc dies and his son Jean-Claude “Baby Doc” takes control
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Jean-Bertrand Aristide elected president in Haiti’s first free and peaceful poles
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Haiti has lots of government unstable
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US led coup against Aristide
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Rene Preval is president
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7.0 Earthquake destroyed the capital of Port-au-Prince crippling a region which had already been ravaged by storms over the past 3 years.