![The Statue to Dessalines on the Champ de Mars, Port-au-Prince; He is represented as the declarer of Haitian independence in 1804; [This statue, which is of hollow metal with a flag of painted tin, is an ugly object, and ought to be removed.]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn6/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTAvMDEvMDEvdGhlLXN0YXR1ZS10by1kZXNzYWxpbmVzLW9uLXRoZS1jaGFtcC1kZS1tYXJzLXBvcnQtYXUtcHJpbmNlLWhlLWlzLXJlcHJlc2VudGVkLTZiZmNhMy02NDAuanBn/320/522/jpg "The Statue to Dessalines on the Champ de Mars, Port-au-Prince; He is represented as the declarer of Haitian independence in 1804; [This statue, which is of hollow metal with a flag of painted tin, is an ugly object, and ought to be removed.]")
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The Statue to Dessalines on the Champ de Mars, Port-au-Prince; He is represented as the declarer of Haitian independence in 1804; [This statue, which is of hollow metal with a flag of painted tin, is an ugly object, and ought to be removed.]
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Picryl description: Public domain image from the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in Harlem, free to use, no copyright restrictions image. The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in Harlem is one of The New York Public Library’s research libraries devoted to the research, preservation, and exhibition of materials focused on African American, and African experiences.
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1910 - 1910
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New York Public Library
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