Alexandre Pétion
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Alexandre Sabès Pétion was a Haitian army officer and statesman who served as the first president of the Republic of Haiti from 1807 until his death in 1818. One of Haiti's founding fathers, Pétion be
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Alexandre Pétion
Haitian Revolution
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The Haitian Revolution, also known as the Haitian War of Independence, was a successful insurrection by enslaved Africans against French colonial rule in Saint-Domingue, now the sovereign state of Hai
Alexandre Pétion
…most free people of color did not support freedom or political rights for slaves. Pétion returned to Saint-Domingue as a young man to take part in the Haitian Revolution, participating in skirmishes with British forces in Saint-Domingue. There had long been racial and class tensions between the gens de couleur and…
Incendie de la Plaine du Cap. Massacre des Blancs par les esclaves noirs révoltés. France militaire. Martinet et Masson
Battle of Vertières in 1803 620x 458
Révolte des esclaves contre les armées envoyées par Napoléon Bonaparte lors de l'expédition de Saint Domingue entre 1801 et 1803. Gravure du XI Xe siècle
Portrait of Jean-Baptiste Belley by Anne-Louis Girodet de Roussy-Trioson, 1797