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Killings of French residents in Haiti (1804)

On the Haiti and Kenya independence map as “The killings of 1804”

Feb–Apr 1804 — Dessalines orders the killing of most French whites still in Haiti. Perhaps 3,000 to 5,000 people are killed in the towns of the new state. Remember them, and the war that preceded the killings.

When
Type
Site of memory
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 Killings of French residents in Haiti (1804), site of memory in Two Roads to Independence: Haiti 1789–1838 and Kenya 1895–1978
SITE OF MEMORY · TWO ROADS TO INDEPENDENCE: HAITI 1789–1838 AND KENYA 1895–1978

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