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1796-06-15

Spanish troops evacuate Fort-Dauphin

Haitian

On 14 June 1796, Governor Laveaux went to Fort-Dauphin with some troops and took possession of it in the name of the French Republic. It was at this time that the civil commission decreed that Fort-Dauphin would be called Fort-Liberté. This name pleased the Blacks of the town, who gave magnificent festivities for Governor Laveaux. The next day, the Spanish troops evacuated the place and embarked for Santo-Domingo on four ships of the squadron of the marquis d’El Socorro. The battery of the Anse was armed by Governor Laveaux at that time.

Rouzier tells this under the entry Fort-Liberté.

Source  ·  p. t. I, p. 380 Sémexant Rouzier, Dictionnaire géographique et administratif universel d'Haïti (t. I) (1892), p. t. I, p. 380