Location
lFrench Colony
lSlavery
lDeclared Independence January 1 1804
lFirst independent black republic
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The Republic of Haiti occupies the western one third of the island of Hispaniola in the Caribbean sea between Puerto Rico and Cuba.  It was a former French colony.  Black Africans had been brought in to work the coffee and sugar plantations. and it became one of the richest colonies of the French empire.  Haiti declared Independence on January 1 1804 and was the first independent black republic.  Capital of Haiti is Port-au-Prince.