Control of this colony was transferred in the Treaty of Basel shortly after Léger Sonthonax declared an end to slavery here.
Control of this colony was transferred in the Treaty of Basel shortly after Léger Sonthonax declared an end to slavery here. One ruler of this country declared himself Emperor Faustin I, and it spent nineteen years under U.S. Marine occupation, which was resisted by the "cacos." A civil war here ended with the defeat of Alexandre Pétion by Henry Christophe, a decade after Charles LeClerc failed put down the rebellion which gained its independence. Later, it was terrorized by the Tontons Macoutes. FTP, name this country founded by the rebellion of Toussaint-Louverture and later ruled by the Duvaliers.
Control of this colony was transferred in the Treaty of Basel shortly after Léger Sonthonax declared an end to slavery here.
Republic of {Haiti} [or Repiblik Dayti; or République d'{Haïti}]