1861
1861: A fierce debate erupted in the journal L’Opinion Nationale over a proposal to erect a monument to Jean-Jacques Dessalines.
1861: A fierce debate erupted in the journal L’Opinion Nationale over a proposal to erect a monument to Jean-Jacques Dessalines. While noiristes supported the project, the French consul protested against honoring a man who had ordered the slaughter of Frenchmen.
Source · p. 86
Nicholls, From Dessalines to Duvalier, 86