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CityLine: A new book details the rise and fall of a Haitian monarch
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January 1st signifies the start of a new calendar year and for the Haitian community, a commemoration of independence from French rule. Haiti was the first nation to be founded by formerly enslaved people. Author Marlene Daut talks about her new book The First and Last King of Haiti: The Rise and Fall of Henry Christophe that details the life of a leader in the Haitian Revolution who later became the country's only monarch.