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1929

1929: Student strikes at the agricultural college in Damiens led to nationwide demonstrations against the Borno administration and the Americans.

1929: Student strikes at the agricultural college in Damiens led to nationwide demonstrations against the Borno administration and the Americans. The unrest culminated in the Marchaterre massacre, where marines fired on a crowd of unarmed peasants. This event drew international condemnation and prompted President Hoover to send a commission of enquiry to Haiti.

Source  ·  p. 151 Nicholls, From Dessalines to Duvalier, 151