DE SR7

Recognizes January 1, 2025 as Haitian Independence Day in the State of Delaware

Commemorates Haiti's declaration of independence from France on January 1, 1804, following a successful slave revolt

Acknowledges Haiti as the first independent nation led by a Black majority in the post-colonial era and Latin America

Honors the Haitian Revolution, including the decisive Battle of Vertières on November 18, 1803, which ended French colonial rule

Notes the historical context of brutal colonial slavery in Saint-Domingue, where over 700,000 enslaved people worked on French plantations by 1788