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1918

1918: The “cacos” rebellion begins in earnest as peasants rise up against the corvée system of forced labor for road construction.

1918: The “cacos” rebellion begins in earnest as peasants rise up against the corvée system of forced labor for road construction. Led by Charlemagne Péralte, this movement represented the most significant armed resistance to the American occupation. Peasant irregulars mobilized by the thousands, proving that the local gendarmerie was incapable of maintaining order without marine reinforcements.

Source  ·  p. 148 Nicholls, From Dessalines to Duvalier, 148