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1896

1896: Démosthènes Pétrus Calixte was born to black parents in the northern town of Fort Liberté.

1896: Démosthènes Pétrus Calixte was born to black parents in the northern town of Fort Liberté. He would eventually become the first Haitian commandant of the Garde d’Haïti and a central figure in the politics of 1946.

Source  ·  p. 185 Nicholls, From Dessalines to Duvalier, 185