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Bolívar’s refuge at Les Cayes (1815–16)

On the Haiti and Kenya independence map as “Les Cayes”

Dec 1815–Mar 1816 — Defeat sends Simón Bolívar into exile in Pétion’s Haiti, where he finds refuge as well as ships and guns. Pétion asks him to free the enslaved people in the lands he liberates.

When
Type
Turning point
Chapter
Dessalines and the birth of Haiti (chapter 5 of Haiti and Kenya independence)
Atlas
Two Roads to Independence: Haiti 1789–1838 and Kenya 1895–1978
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Map showing Bolívar’s refuge at Les Cayes (1815–16), turning point in Two Roads to Independence: Haiti 1789–1838 and Kenya 1895–1978
TURNING POINT · TWO ROADS TO INDEPENDENCE: HAITI 1789–1838 AND KENYA 1895–1978

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