On January 1, 1804, Dessalines who had defeated the French, declared the island of Saint-Domingue independent and re-named it Haiti, which is what the island had been called by the native inhabitants before the arrival of Columbus.

1804年1月1日，击败法国人的德萨林宣布圣多明各岛独立，并改名为海地，这是哥伦布到来之前当地居民对海地的称呼。