Skip to content
🇭🇹   BETA  ·  6,173 entries published  ·  93,827 entries away from the 100k milestone.       🇭🇹   BETA  ·  6,173 entries published  ·  93,827 entries away from the 100k milestone.       
You are offline — some content may not be available
1920-May

1920-May: Benoît Batraville is killed in combat, ending the primary phase of armed guerrilla resistance against the United States marines.

1920-May: Benoît Batraville is killed in combat, ending the primary phase of armed guerrilla resistance against the United States marines. His personal notes revealed that he viewed the peasant struggle through a religious lens, seeking spiritual protection for his fighters.

Source  ·  p. 149 Nicholls, From Dessalines to Duvalier, 149