Fabre Geffrard
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Guillaume Fabre Nicolas Geffrard, known as the "Redeemer of the Republic", was a mulatto general in the Haitian army and President of Haiti from 1859 until his deposition in 1867.
Geffrard in 1867
Geffrard President (coin, 1865)
Cora Geffrard, daughter of President Geffrard of Haiti assassinated in 1859.
Sylvain Salnave
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Sylvain Salnave was a Haitian general who served as the President of Haïti from 1867 to 1869. He was elected president after he led the overthrow of President Fabre Geffrard. During his term there wer
Fabre Geffrard
…the Roman Catholic Church which then took on an important role in improving education. After surviving several rebellions, he was overthrown by Major Sylvain Salnave in 1867. Geffrard was the first head of state of Haiti to have been born in the 19th century, as well as the first to be born after independence. Fabre…
Sylvain Salnave