Haiti's President Lysius Salomon is a populist.…
1876 CE to 1887 CE
Haiti's President Lysius Salomon is a populist.
He establishes a national bank, brings some order to public administration, revives agriculture to an extent, links Haiti to the outside world through the telegraph, opens rural schools, and imports French teachers.
Salomon also pays off the indemnity to France.
Although known as a nationalist, Salomon encourages investment by permitting foreign companies to own Haitian land.
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