Republic of Haiti marks 221 independent years Jan. 1. - Caribbean Life
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"Plenty of Soup Joumou will be consumed on Jan. 1, 2025, when Haitians gather in Brooklyn to commemorate the 221st anniversary of independence... a feast and festival will mark the occasion."
"The heroes also scared Britain into abolishing the capture of Africans for sale, halting the transatlantic slave trade, two centuries and almost a quarter will be time-honored."
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