NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Cap Francais

Cap Fracais, also known as Cape Francois was the center of the Haitian Revolution. The important battles, protests and general rebellion brewed around this city and port; thus, the city was a very important location in the Haitian Revolution. The city is or was located in Northern Saint Domingue(Haiti).

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	He raid the cap in the middle of the 18th century, killing, poisoning the goods and drinking water of the french colonists.

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