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1938

1938: President Sténio Vincent dismisses the black army chief Démosthènes Pétrus Calixte to further consolidate mulatto control over the military.

1938: President Sténio Vincent dismisses the black army chief Démosthènes Pétrus Calixte to further consolidate mulatto control over the military. This move was part of a broader intensification of elite hegemony that characterized the later years of his presidency.

Source  ·  p. 167 Nicholls, From Dessalines to Duvalier, 167