Samuel Alfred Haynes
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Samuel Haynes was a black Belizean soldier, activist and poet. He was a leader of the 1919 riot by Belizean soldiers who had fought for the Britain in World War I and refused to accept racial discrimination at home. He also wrote the lyrics of a song named ""Land of the Gods" which later became Belize's national anthem, "Land of the Free".
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