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Student uncovers possible sole surviving Haiti Declaration copy
A Duke University history graduate student, Julia Garfield, found a potential lone surviving copy of Haiti's 1804 Declaration of Independence in Britain's National Archives, a discovery seen as boosting national pride amid post quake challenges. Haiti's archives chief Wilfrid Bertrand and ambassador Raymond Joseph weighed in on authenticity and return.
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