1919-07-15: (Marie Louise’s Letter to Charlemagne Péralte — Enthusiastically Reporting That His Tactics Were Weakening American Morale and His Popularity Gro…

1919-07-15: (Marie Louise’s Letter to Charlemagne Péralte — Enthusiastically Reporting That His Tactics Were Weakening American Morale and His Popularity Growing, Concluding with a Warning That the Occupation Had Built a Bridge at Arcahaie Where There Was a Trap with a Car — Warn Your Men, Signed “Your Affectionate Sister,” Marie Louise Knowing That the Same Bridge Counted in the Tally of Improvements Also Threatened Her Loved One, a Fellow Revolutionary Later Leveraging Her Home to Help Defer an Englishman’s Travel Expenses to Spread the Revolution Throughout Europe): On July 15, 1919, Marie Louise wrote to her brother-in-arms, the caco leader Charlemagne Péralte. She enthusiastically reported that his tactics of armed resistance were weakening American soldiers’ morale in Port-au-Prince and his popularity was growing nationally and internationally. But she concluded with a warning: the occupation had built a bridge at Arcahaie, and there was a trap there with a car — warn your men. Signed by her affectionate sister, her letter was one of many correspondences written and transported by women who supported either the Haitian revolutionaries or the Yankees. She knew that the same bridge counted in the tally of improvements also threatened her loved one and his comrades. Marie Louise was a fellow revolutionary driven by her beliefs to risk her safety, later leveraging the value of her home to help defer the travel expenses of a sympathetic Englishman who would spread the word of the revolution throughout Europe.