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1928-Dec.

1928-Dec.: Jacques Roumain is arrested for his nationalist activities and his involvement in planning seditious meetings against the occupation.

1928-Dec.: Jacques Roumain is arrested for his nationalist activities and his involvement in planning seditious meetings against the occupation. His imprisonment made him a hero to the younger generation of intellectuals who were indignant at foreign rule.

Source  ·  p. 160 Nicholls, From Dessalines to Duvalier, 160