1981
1981: The mass extermination of the creole pig population begins to prevent the spread of African Swine Fever.
1981: The mass extermination of the creole pig population begins to prevent the spread of African Swine Fever. This policy destroyed the primary capital asset of many rural peasants and caused widespread economic hardship.
Source · p. xix
Nicholls, From Dessalines to Duvalier, xix