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1848-Apr.

1848-Apr.: Soulouque asserts his independent authority by initiating a vigorous purge of his mulatto political opponents.

1848-Apr.: Soulouque asserts his independent authority by initiating a vigorous purge of his mulatto political opponents. This action signaled the end of the politique de doublure where mulattoes ruled behind a black figurehead.

Source  ·  p. 82 Nicholls, From Dessalines to Duvalier, 82