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1816 (The Call for Final Reunification): The anniversary of independence served as a platform for the King to renew his call for all districts of Hayti to “r…

HT-HAPA-1816-000208

1816 (The Call for Final Reunification): The anniversary of independence served as a platform for the King to renew his call for all districts of Hayti to “reunite under the banners of your Majesty.” The government maintained that the King had done everything in his power to achieve this “gratifying end” and that the “light of conviction” was finally reaching those misled by the Southern faction. The text suggests that the “majority of our brethren” were ready to abandon the “error” of republicanism for the security of the kingdom. This vision of a unified Hayti was presented as the ultimate fulfillment of the 1804 revolution and the only way to ensure the nation’s “imperishable” glory. The call for union remained the primary objective of the North’s political and military strategy.

Source  ·  HT-HAPA-1816-000208  ·  p. 187 Sanders, Haytian Papers, 187 / Bates: HT-HAPA-1816-000208