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1865-05-07

Salnave’s insurrection starts at Ouanaminthe and reaches the Cap

Haitian

The insurrection of Sylvain Salnave, which set out from Ouanaminthe on 7 May 1865, reached the Cap. President Geffrard had the town surrounded and blockaded for six months. Salnave held out against him. The fort Belair played a great role in this siege. Finally, on 9 November, the English cannon in the end got the better of the insurrection. The government troops then entered the town. There was suffering there from hunger, pillage, fire, bombardment and blockade. The English ships that bombarded the forts were the Buldog, Captain Wake, the Galathé and the Lily. Salnave took refuge on board the American warship the Desoto. After the defeat of this insurrection, the 2nd and 30th regiments of line infantry and the 4th regiment of line artillery of the Cap-haïtien were struck from the rolls of the army for having taken an active part in it; but they were reestablished by the government of President Salnave, who succeeded that of President Geffrard in 1867.

Rouzier tells this under the entry Cap-haïtien (le).

Source  ·  p. t. I, p. 182 Sémexant Rouzier, Dictionnaire géographique et administratif universel d'Haïti (t. I) (1892), p. t. I, p. 182