1859-Dec.
1859-Dec.: Haiti mourned the execution of American abolitionist John Brown by flying flags at half-mast in Port-au-Prince.
1859-Dec.: Haiti mourned the execution of American abolitionist John Brown by flying flags at half-mast in Port-au-Prince. The presidential family attended a solemn requiem mass to show solidarity with the global anti-slavery movement.
Source · p. 85
Nicholls, From Dessalines to Duvalier, 85