World's Columbian Exposition (1893)

CTL-E-2349 · Event · other · 1893

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The 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago's Jackson Park — the fair at which Haiti built a national pavilion and Frederick Douglass served as Haiti's commissioner; the fairgrounds were dedicated in fall 1892 and the fair opened May 1, 1893.

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Also known as: Chicago World's Fair 1893, Columbian Exposition

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Haitian Pavilion dedication (World's Columbian Exposition) — related to → this record

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Global Diaspora News (Ben Jealous), 'The First Columbus Day Was Declared in the Shadow of a Lynching' (2026)
Primary Source Nexus, 'World Columbian Exposition'

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