She did research in France , Haiti and Jamaica , where she saw a handwritten copy of the declaration in the papers of Jamaica 's governor at the time , George Nugent . Student Julia Gaffield found it in Haiti 's National Archives . Pamphlet , dated January 1 , 1804 , is only one page of Haitian independence declaration . This declaration was sent to the British government by Haiti 's first independent leader . The first two pages are titled ` ` Liberte ou La France , '' or ` ` , or Death . ''
Student Julia Gaffield found it in Haiti 's National Archives . Pamphlet , dated January 1 , 1804 , is only one page of Haitian independence declaration . This declaration was sent to the British government by Haiti 's first independent leader . The first two pages are titled ` ` Liberte ou La France , '' or ` ` , or Death . ''