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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