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Haiti
     Once a Spanish, and later a French, colony, this Caribbean island was established as a resource for raw materials including cocoa, coffee, cotton and sugar cane which were cultivated by the labor of African slaves. Forced out by Haitian insurgents, Napoleon's forces fled in 1804 leaving Haiti to become the first independent Black nation. More recently, Haiti has experienced political instability, sporadic military governance and intense poverty.
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