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HAITI
1804 is the year of Independence in Haiti.
We are the first Black Independent Republic.
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La Mort du Roi Henri Christophe |
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PA1091 |
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measurements: |
30" x 40" |
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Oil on canvas |
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year:
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2003 |
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$2,500.00 |
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1804 is the year of Independence in Haiti.
We are the first Black Independent Republic.
Hero
represented in this painting:
HENRI CHRISTOPHE
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for French Version]
The Kingdom of Haiti
When he changed the northern state into a republic, Christophe believed that he could reconcile the republican of the west and the South. He was hoping that a change of public opinion in his favor would make him the sole political successor of Dessalines. He was very disappointed when Petion was reelected on March 9, 1811. He dropped the mask and proclaimed himself king under the name of Henry the 1st (March 26, 1811).
The numerous royal Acts that he published proved that the new régime of the North had long been carefully elaborated.
(History of Haiti by J-C Dorsainville page 160-161, Henri Deschamps Publishing House)
DEATH OF CHRISTOPHE - END OF A KINGDOM
On August 15, 1820, Christophe suffered an apoplexy attack in the church of Limonade. The care of his family and friends and doctor Stewart saved his life, but he remained paralyzed. The king's physical impotence encouraged a conspiracy that many officers had been planning for months.
Colonel Paulin, having fought with his superior of command, General Jean Claude, was summoned to Sans-Souci and sentenced to dismissal. He stood mutely as they took away, the Saint Henri cross that was pinned to his uniform, it was the gift of a king But when they tried to take away his epaulettes, he angrily replied: " I earned my epaulettes on the battlefield, you cannot take them away from me! "
The king, angered by his attitude, sentenced him to death, but thanks to the queen’s pleas he was merely imprisoned at the Citadelle.
Colonel Paulin was a well liked leader of the 8th half brigade, positioned in Saint-Marc. The officers of the 8th conspired; General Jean Claude was killed. The rebels, in order to fight the troops of the North that were sent against them, asked President Boyer to help them.
They got the double satisfaction of seeing their request granted and the army of the North divided and turn against the king. Henri the 1st, betrayed by everyone even by his guard of honor, shot himself not to fall alive to the hands of his enemies. He was secretly buried at the Citadelle.
Prince Victor Henri, heir to the throne, was assassinated. The royal family fled the country. The queen and her daughters, under the protection of first British admiral Popham, then of French colonel Vincent, settled in England, then in Italy and finally in Pisa. Prince Ferdinand, son of Henri the 1st, died in Paris in utmost despair.
(History of Haiti by J-C Dorsainville page 184-185, Henri Deschamps Publishing House)
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1804 is the year of Independence in Haiti.
We are the first Black Independent Republic.
Hero
represented in this painting:
HENRI CHRISTOPHE
[click
here for English Version]
Le Royaume d'Haiti
En organisant l'Etat de nord sous la forme d'une republique, Christophe s'etait flatte de menager les sentiments republicains de L'ouest et du Sud. Il esperait qu'un retour d'opinion en sa faveur le constiturait, en 1811, le seul heritier politique de Dessalines. La reelection de petion, le 9 Mars 1811, lui causa un profond depit; il jeta le masque et se fit proclamer roi sous le nom de Henri 1er (26 mars 1811).
La foule des Actes royaux qui virent alors le jour prouve bien que le nouveau regime du Nord avait ete, depuis longtemps, elabore jusque dans ses moindres details.
(Histoire d'Haiti par J-C Dorsainville page 160-161, edition Henri Deschamps)
MORT DE CHRISTOPHE FIN D’UN ROYAUME
Le 15 Aout 1820, Christophe fut frappe d'apoplexie dans l'eglise de Limonade. Les soins empresses de son entourage et du docteur Stewart lui sauverent la vie, mais il resta paralytique. L'impuissance physique du roi favorisa une conspiration que certains grands du royaume ourdissaient contre lui depuis plusieurs mois.
Le colonel Paulin, s'etant querrele avec son chef hierarchique, le general Jean Claude, fut mande a Sans-souci et condamne a la degradation. Il se laissa depouiller, sans mot dire, de la croix de Sain-Henri qui ornait son uniforme: elle etait un don du roi; mais quand on voulut arracher ses epaulettes, il entra en fureur: "Mes epaulettes je les ai gagnees sur le champ de bataille, vous ne pouvez me les enlever!"
Le roi, outre d'une telle attitude, le condamna a mort, mais la reine supplia et obtint qu'il fut seulement interne a la Citadelle.
Le colonel Paulin etait le chef tres aime de la 8eme demi-brigade, en garnison a Saint-Marc. Les officiers de la 8eme comploterent; le general Jean Claude fut tue. Les insurges, pour tenir tete aux troupes du Nord que l'on expedia contre eux, s'adresserent au president Boyer.
Il eu la double joie d'etre exauces et de voir l'armee du Nord se dissocier et se retourner contre le roi. Henri 1er, trahi par tous, par sa garde meme, se tua d'une balle au coeur pour ne pas tomber vivant aux mains de ses enemis. Il fut secretement inhume a la Citadelle.
Le prince heritier, Victor Henri, fut assasine. La famille royale quitta le pays. La reine et ses filles, protegees successivement par l'amiral anglais Popham, et par le colonel francais Vincent, s'etablir en Angleterre, puis en Italie, a Pise,. Le prince Ferdinand, fils de Henri 1er, mourut a Paris dans la detresse.
(Histoire d'Haiti par J-C Dorsainville page 184-185, edition Henri Deschamps)
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