Grad student uncovers Haiti’s Declaration of Independence

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Sitting at a quiet table in the British National Archives in London earlier this year, Canadian graduate student Julia Gaffield opened a bound book of documents from 1804 and unearthed the only known printed copy of Haiti’s Declaration of Independence.
“I was surrounded by complete strangers who were all very wrapped up in their own work,” the 26-year-old said yesterday. “Inside I was bursting with excitement, but I’m not sure if anyone else in there would have been interested.”