Sylvain Salnave overthrew Fabre Geffrard to become leader of this country in 1867.
Sylvain Salnave overthrew Fabre Geffrard to become leader of this country in 1867. At the Battle of Fort Riviere in this nation, rebel Cacos were defeated by US Marines under Smedley Butler. One revolutionary leader in this country was imprisoned after signing a peace treaty with Charles Leclerc, although this nation's independence was secured by men like (*) Henri Christophe and Jean-Jacques Dessalines. A later ruler of this country used the Tontons Macoutes, or bogeymen, to suppress the people he ruled; that man went by the nickname Papa Doc. For 10 points, name this Caribbean country long dominated by the Duvaliers, which moved towards independence under Toussaint Louverture and which suffered a devastating earthquake in 2010.
Sylvain Salnave overthrew Fabre Geffrard to become leader of this country in 1867.
{Haiti}