The Act of Independence was supposed to be held at the National Archives building in Port - au - Prince .
It was there until the government of Fabre Nicolas Geffrard until it was sold to a German who wanted to exhibit in the British Museum .
The Act of Independence was supposed to be held at the National Archives building in Port - au - Prince and it was there until the government of Fabre Nicolas Geffrard until it was sold to a German who wanted to exhibit in the British Museum .