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1915-Jul.-27

1915-Jul.-27: President Vilbrun Guillaume Sam orders the execution of 167 political prisoners held in the Port-au-Prince gaol.

1915-Jul.-27: President Vilbrun Guillaume Sam orders the execution of 167 political prisoners held in the Port-au-Prince gaol. This act of state violence provoked a massive uprising that resulted in the president’s brutal death at the hands of an angry crowd.

Source  ·  p. 145 Nicholls, From Dessalines to Duvalier, 145