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Haiti was the first Caribbean country to gain independence, achieving freedom from France on January 1, 1804.
first caribbean country to gain freedom from france
Haiti,a Caribbean island under French rule, was the first country in Latin America to gain independence.
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No. Haiti qualifies as such.
The Caribbean Ilsands were the last to gain their independence.
The first West Indian territory to gain independence was Jamaica, which achieved independence from the United Kingdom on August 6, 1962. This marked a significant milestone in the decolonization of the Caribbean region, inspiring other territories to seek self-governance. Following Jamaica, several other Caribbean nations also gained independence in the subsequent years.
Saint Kitts (1623/1630/English for the final time in 1783) and Barbados (1627, uninhabited) were the first Caribbean Islands that were colonised by the English. The first to gain independence were Jamaica, and Trinidad & Tobago in 1962, where English is the official language (along with 16 others).
Islands in the Caribbean and Pacific
Samoa was the first pacific country to gain their independence
Haiti was not the first country to gain its independence. It was however, the first independent nation in the Caribbean and Latin America, the first post-colonial, independent, black-led country in the world, the only nation whose independence was gained as part of a successful slave rebellion, and the second independent nation in all the Americas after the United States.