Early 1800s
Early 1800s: General Guy-Joseph Bonnet proposes a state monopoly on the sale of salt, tobacco, and timber to increase national revenue.
Early 1800s: General Guy-Joseph Bonnet proposes a state monopoly on the sale of salt, tobacco, and timber to increase national revenue. This project eventually failed due to significant pressure from influential private commercial interests.
Source · p. 55
Nicholls, From Dessalines to Duvalier, 55