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1878-03-14

A general tries for the palace while the president is out of town

Haitian

President Boisrond-Canal was touring the South. General Louis Tanis, commander of the Department of the West, took the chance and moved on the capital. The president’s friends in Port-au-Prince beat him back and the coup collapsed the same day. Boisrond-Canal held on for another sixteen months and then resigned in July 1879 rather than fight a civil war. This is the whole rhythm of the nineteenth-century republic: the head of state leaves the capital, somebody with troops decides the seat is empty.

Source Researched: Haiti-Reference