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[ad_1] The intention behind the Ogé Revolt was to force the french colonists to allow voting rights for free men of colors. Those involved with Ogé, such as Jean-Baptiste Chavannes were of wealthy families. It is important to mention that…
[ad_1] An affranchis delegate in France and leader of a mulatto revolt. He had been educated in Paris and was the son of a wealthy butcher or coffee plantation owner in Le Cap. He led a revolt against the white…
[ad_1] In October 1790, he arrived in Saint-Domingue. Meeting with Jean-Baptiste Chavannes, another free man of color, militiaman, and veteran of the American Revolution, Ogé soon gathered a force of about 250 to 300 free men of color. This group…
[ad_1] William Edward Burghardt Du Bois, born on February 23, 1868 and died on August 27, 1963. He was an American sociologist, historian, civil rights activist, Pan-Africanist, author, writer and editor. Born in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, Du Bois grew up…
[ad_1] Joseph Davilmar Théodore (1847–1917) was President of Haïti from 7 November 1914 to 22 February 1915. Born in the town of Ennery in the northern half of the country, he began his career in the military, and organized the…
[ad_1] The Battle of Ravine-à-Couleuvres (Haitian Creole: Batay Ravin Koulèv), also known as the Battle of Snake Gully, was a major battle of the Haitian Revolution held on 23 February 1802. A French division under General Donatien de Rochambeau was…
[ad_1] Pierrot became president at the age of 84. He refused to live in Port-au-Prince ( Port-aux-Crimes) and designated Cap-Haitien the capital of Haiti. They referred to Port-au-Prince as “Port of Crimes”, which was the capital of Haiti, because of…
[ad_1] Before being the 5th president of Haiti, Jean-Louis Michel Pierrot, fought under the command of Henri Christophe who crowned himself president for life of the State of Haiti (1807-1811), then had himself crowned King Henry I by the archbishop…
[ad_1] Louis Michel Pierrot was the husband of the mambo, vodou priestess, Cécile Fatima who led the Bois Caiman vodou ceremonies with the priest Dutty Boukman in 1791, the staring point of the Haitian Revolution. According to Haitian researcher Rodney…
[ad_1] Louis Michel Pierrot became president of Haiti on April 16, 1845. During the first Haitian Kingdom, Henry I promoted Pierrot to the rank of Lieutenant General in the Army and granted him the hereditary title of Prince. As President…