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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