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First claimed by Spain in 1492 when Christopher Columbus landed in Haiti, the nation was then ceded to France in 1665. Haiti's riches could only be exploited by importing up to 40,000 slaves a year. For nearly a decade in the late 18th century, Haiti accounted for more than one-third of the entire Atlantic slave trade. Conditions for these men and women were atrocious; the average life expectancy for a slave on Haiti was 21 years. Abuse was dreadful, and routine.” (Haiti: a long descent to hell, The Guardian). The oppression of slavery and exploitation soon led to unrest, and in 1791, a group of former slaves led the first successful slave revolt in history. This battle set the wheels in motion for the Haitian Revolution, ultimately leading to independence in 1804, making Haiti the first Latin American nation to gain independence and the first black-led republic in the world. However, slavery is still widespread in Haiti today. According to the 2014 Global Slavery Index, Haiti has an estimated 237,700 enslaved persons making it the country with the second-highest prevalence of slavery in the world, behind only Mauritania.