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Dédée Bazile
Dédée Bazile (), also known as Défilée or Défilée-la-folle (Défilée the Madwoman), was a Haitian revolutionary and , known for gathering the remains of Emperor Jean-Jacques Dessalines for burial. Born in Cap-Francais, she had six children as a result of rape by her enslaver. In 1796, during the Haitian Revolution, Bazile joined the Indigenous Army as a , marching with the soldiers and selling provisions. Historical accounts claim she exhibited madness, usually attributed to the killing of her parents, brothers, or sons by French forces, although the characterization has been contested. Dessalines proclaimed Haiti's independence in 1804 then became emperor, but his dictatorship was unpopular. Two years later, he was assassinated by soldiers, and his body was stoned by crowds in Port-au-Prince. Défilée eventually gathered his remains for burial, although historical accounts differ on whether she carried them to a cemetery. Historians have interpreted her gathering of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Colony
The French colonial empire () comprised the overseas Colony, colonies, protectorates, and League of Nations mandate, mandate territories that came under French rule from the 16th century onward. A distinction is generally made between the "First French colonial empire", that existed until 1814, by which time most of it had been lost or sold, and the "Second French colonial empire", which began with the French conquest of Algeria, conquest of Algiers in 1830. On the eve of World War I, France's colonial empire was List of largest empires, the second-largest in the world after the British Empire. France began to establish colonies in the French colonization of the Americas, Americas, the Caribbean, and French India, India in the 16th century but lost most of its possessions after its defeat in the Seven Years' War. The North American possessions were lost to Britain and Spain, but Louisiana (New France), Spain later returned Louisiana to France in 1800. The territory was then Loui ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexandre Pétion
Alexandre Sabès Pétion (; 2 April 1770 – 29 March 1818) was the first president of the Republic of Haiti from 1807 until his death in 1818. One of Haiti's founding fathers, Pétion belonged to the revolutionary quartet that also includes Toussaint Louverture, Jean-Jacques Dessalines, and his later rival Henri Christophe. Regarded as an excellent artilleryman in his early adulthood, Pétion would distinguish himself as an esteemed military commander with experience leading both French and Haitian troops. The 1802 coalition formed by him and Dessalines against French forces led by Charles Leclerc would prove to be a watershed moment in the decade-long conflict, eventually culminating in the decisive Haitian victory at the Battle of Vertières in 1803. Early life Pétion was born "Anne Alexandre Sabès" in Port-au-Prince to Pascal Sabès, a wealthy French father and Ursula, a free mulatto woman, which made him a '' quadroon'' (a quarter African ancestry). Like other ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mulatto Haitians
Mulatto (, ) is a term in Haiti that is historically linked to Haitians who are born to one white parent and one black parent, or two mulatto parents. People of mulatto or white descent constitute a minority of 5 percent of the Haitian population. See also * Affranchi * Gens de couleur * Free people of color * Afro-Haitians * White Haitians * Marabou * Mulatto * Passing (racial identity) * Creole peoples Creole peoples may refer to various ethnic groups around the world. The term's meaning exhibits regional variations, often sparking debate. Creole peoples represent a diverse array of ethnicities, each possessing a distinct cultural identity tha ... References and footnotes {{Haitian people Ethnic groups in Haiti Mulatto Multiracial affairs in the Caribbean People from Saint-Domingue Person of color ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Jacques Dessalines
Jean-Jacques Dessalines (Haitian Creole: ''Jan-Jak Desalin''; ; 20 September 1758 – 17 October 1806) was the first Haitian Emperor, leader of the Haitian Revolution, and the first ruler of an independent Haiti under the 1805 constitution. Initially regarded as governor-general, Dessalines was later named Emperor of Haiti as Jacques I (1804–1806) by generals of the Haitian Revolutionary army and ruled in that capacity until being assassinated in 1806. He spearheaded the resistance against French rule of Saint-Domingue, and eventually became the architect of the 1804 massacre of the remaining French residents of newly independent Haiti, including some supporters of the revolution. Alongside Toussaint Louverture, he has been referred to as one of the fathers of the nation of Haiti. Under the rule of Dessalines, Haiti became the first country in the Americas to permanently abolish slavery. Dessalines served as an officer in the French army when Saint-Domingue was fending of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of Paris Faculty Of Medicine
The Faculty of Medicine of Paris has been a part of the University of Paris since 1794, having its origins in the ancient Faculty of Medicine of Paris founded around 1200. When it was refounded in 1808, it moved into the buildings of the former Royal Academy of Surgery at 12 rue de l'École-de-Médecine, later renamed as the ''École de Médecine'' buildings, and into the former Cordeliers convent at 15 rue de l'École-de-Médecine, in the Latin Quarter campus of Paris. It was split into several different faculties in 1971. Founded in the 12th century, this faculty was one of the ‘companies’ of the ancient University of Paris and was housed in the Hôtel de la Bûcherie until 1775, when it moved to the former École des Décrets on rue Jean-de-Beauvais before being closed in 1793. Today, the Presidency of University of Paris Cité and the Museum of the History of Medicine occupy no. 12, while the Faculty of Health of Université Paris-Cité, its UFR of Medicine, as well ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louis-Joseph Janvier
Louis-Joseph Janvier (; May 7, 1855 – 24 March 1911, registered as Jean Baptiste Louis Janvier) was a Haitian journalist, diplomat and novelist, who also served as Haitian Minister Resident in London from 1894–1903. Biography Louis-Joseph Janvier was born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti on 7 March 1855, one of many children of Joseph Janvier and Louisine For He attended medical school in Haiti before moving to France to finish his education, and received a doctorate in medicine there in 1881. He also earned a law license and degrees in administration, economics, finance, and diplomacy. While in Paris, Janvier became interested in journalism and wrote several articles, such as "La République d'Haïti et ses Visiteurs", "Haïti aux Haïtiens", and "L'Egalité des Races." He also wrote several novels about Haitian life. In 1897 he married Brighton Brighton ( ) is a seaside resort in the city status in the United Kingdom, city of Brighton and Hove, East Sussex, England, sou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donatien-Marie-Joseph De Vimeur, Vicomte De Rochambeau
Divisional-General Donatien-Marie-Joseph de Vimeur, vicomte de Rochambeau (7 April 1755 – 20 October 1813) was a French Army officer and colonial administrator who served in the American Revolutionary War and French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. He was the son of Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau. Biography He served in the American Revolutionary War as an '' aide-de-camp'' to his father, spending the winter of 1781–1782 in quarters at Williamsburg, Virginia. In the 1790s, he participated in an unsuccessful campaign to re-establish French authority in Martinique and Saint-Domingue. Rochambeau was later assigned to the French Revolutionary Army in the Italian Peninsula, and was appointed to the military command of the Ligurian Republic. In 1802, he was appointed to lead an expeditionary force against Saint-Domingue (Haiti) after General Charles Leclerc's death. His remit was to restore French control of their rebellious colony, by any means. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montagnes Noires, Haiti
The Montagnes Noires (, "Black Mountains") are a range of mountains in central Haiti Haiti, officially the Republic of Haiti, is a country on the island of Hispaniola in the Caribbean Sea, east of Cuba and Jamaica, and south of the Bahamas. It occupies the western three-eighths of the island, which it shares with the Dominican .... References Mountain ranges of Haiti {{Haiti-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Fouchard
Jean Fouchard (Port au Prince, 2 March 1912 - ''ibidem'', 30 September 1990) was a Haitian historian, journalist, and diplomat. Fouchard was born in Port-au-Prince and earned a law degree there. He worked as a journalist, founding the periodical ''La Relèvé'', and as a diplomat, serving as the ambassador to Cuba Cuba, officially the Republic of Cuba, is an island country, comprising the island of Cuba (largest island), Isla de la Juventud, and List of islands of Cuba, 4,195 islands, islets and cays surrounding the main island. It is located where the .... He is best known for his historical publications. Selected works * ''Les Marrons du Syllabaire'' (1953) * ''Plaisirs de Saint-Domingue'' (1955) * ''Le Théâtre à Saint-Domingue'' (1955) * ''Artistes et Répertoires des Scènes de Saint-Domingue'' (1955) * ''Les Marrons de la Liberté'' (1972). English translation: ''The Haitian Maroons: Liberty or Death'' (1981), with a preface by C. L. R. James * ''Langue et Littér ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
