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    Alexandre Sabès Pétion (French pronunciation: [alɛksɑ̃dʁ sabɛs petjɔ̃]; 2 April 1770 – 29 March 1818) was the first president of the Republic of Haiti...
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    military leader during the Haitian Revolution. Among his protégés were Alexandre Pétion and Jean-Pierre Boyer, both future presidents of Haïti. Rigaud was...
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    Empire of Haiti. The southern Republic of Haiti was ruled by General Alexandre Pétion, a free person of color, as President from 9 March 1807 until his death...
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    his administration, Alexandre Pétion and Henri Christophe, then assumed power, which led to a split in the country – with Pétion leading the southern...
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    he denigrated Pétion by asserting that Pétion embodied the false democracy that masks tyranny. This declaration was borne out when Pétion proclaimed himself...
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    region of Saint-Domingue. After going into exile in France, Boyer and Alexandre Pétion returned in 1802 with the French troops led by General Charles Leclerc...
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    was split. Parallel with the government of Christophe in the north, Alexandre Pétion, a free person of color, ruled over the south of the country as President...
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    present design was first used by the Republic of Haiti under President Alexandre Pétion in 1806. It was most recently readopted on 25 February 2012 under Title...
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  • Alexandre O'Neill, Portuguese poet Alexandre Pétion, Haitian President Alexandre Pantoja, UFC Fighter Alexandre Pato, Brazilian footballer Alexandre Portier...
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    accompanied by mulatto troops led by Alexandre Pétion and André Rigaud, free gens de couleur from Saint-Domingue. Pétion and Rigaud, both sons of wealthy...
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    the north, while Alexandre Pétion presided over mulatto rule in the south. There were large differences in governance between Petion's republic, and what...
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    Founded in 1831 by president Jean-Pierre Boyer, it was named after Alexandre Sabès Pétion (1770–1818), the Haitian general and president later recognized...
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    was elected president of the State of Haiti, as he named that area. Alexandre Pétion was elected president in the south. On 26 March 1811, Christophe created...
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    ɛne], Charles Hérard eldest) was an officer in the Haitian Army under Alexandre Pétion during his struggles against Henri Christophe. He was declared the...
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    (natural) deaths, including José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia of Paraguay, Alexandre Pétion of Haiti, Rafael Carrera of Guatemala, François Duvalier of Haiti,...
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    revolutionary leader Alexandre Pétion. After promising to abolish slavery in Spanish America, Bolívar received military support from Pétion and returned to...
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  • put blacks and whites to the sword. Following this decisive strike, Alexandre Pétion, a free colored officer (and future Haitian president) defected to...
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    Guillon-Lethière depicting the summit meeting between the leader of Haiti, Alexandre Pétion, and General Jean-Jacques Dessalines (later Jacques I Emperor of Haiti)...
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    capital of the empire, designed by Alexandre Pétion overlooking the Artibonite Valley Twin forts Jacques and Alexandre over the city of Port-au-Prince and...
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    over to the insurgents. The new steamer, which was given the name of Alexandre Pétion, arrived at Port-au-Prince on September 19, 1868. The next day Salnave...
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  • Toussaint L'Ouverture, and for his work Pétion et Haïti, about another Revolutionary figure, Alexandre Pétion. Born in Guadeloupe, Saint-Rémy emigrated...
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    12 July; and was sold to the Haitian government 15 August. Renamed Alexandre Pétion, on 20 September 1868, she attacked the rebel ships Liberté and Sylvain...
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    Robespierre and Pétion were made the popular heroes and were crowned by the populace with civic crowns. From 24 October - 11 November Pétion visited London...
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    non-white figures such as André Rigaud and future Haitian president Alexandre Pétion, both of whom Toussaint had expelled from the colony two years earlier...
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  • northern State of Haiti and Pétion ruling the more tolerant southern Republic of Haiti. Jean-Pierre Boyer succeeded Pétion in 1811; he consolidated power...
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    and Alexandre Pétion organised his assassination. Assuming control of Haiti, Christophe laid claim to the northern part of the country and Pétion the...
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    Constitution of 1806, for the southern Republic of Haiti, written largely by Alexandre Pétion. Constitution of 1807 formalized a northern State of Haiti with Christophe...
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    by Alexandre Pétion, an homme de couleur. Christophe established a semi-feudal corvée system, with a rigid education and economic code. Pétion's republic...
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    suffered major losses, including the death of General Charles Dugua. Alexandre Pétion, a mixed-race Haitian general, had played an important role when he...
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    greater power, he ran up against the newly-established Senate under Alexandre Pétion, who defended the capital of Port-au-Prince. Christophe consolidated...
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