State of Haiti

Haiti, 1806–1811. Draft, not yet reviewed

The State of Haiti was the name of the state in northern Haiti. It was created following a failed coup by Henri Christophe against the Haitian Senate in the wake of the assassination of Emperor Jacques I and the overthrow of the First Empire of Haiti. It was ruled by Christophe as President of the State of Haiti. On 28 March 1811 President Henri was proclaimed King Henri I, thereby dissolving the State of Haiti and creating the Kingdom of Haiti.

Seat of power: Milot

No rulers documented for this era yet.

Culture

• The 1807 constitution for the State made the post of president a position for life, with the president having the power to appoint his successor.
• 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 of the Republic of Haiti until his death in 1818.
• The palace was built between 1810 and 1813 by an undetermined number of workers.

Picture

The Palace of Sans-Souci was the principal royal residence of Henry I, King of Haiti, better known as Henri Christophe.

Image: Iconem, CC BY-SA 4.0, file

Sources

• State of Haiti (Wikipedia)
• State of Haiti (Wikidata)
• About the picture (Wikipedia)

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