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and standing before their muzzles cried "Viv libète! A ba esclavaj!" ("Long live freedom! Down with slavery!"). She refused to be blindfolded, and the executioner was unable to get her to bend her back and place her head on the block, the officer commanding the detachment was obliged to have her shot.
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by Jean d'Amérique. He brings Sanité Bélair back to life, and she launches the #HéroïneEnColère movement to demand a proper place in the country's history and connect the heroine with the struggles against all oppressions today.
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