The presidency of Charles Rivière-Hérard (1843-44) is…

1840 CE to 1851 CE

The presidency of Charles Rivière-Hérard (1843-44) is cut short because of international and domestic difficulties.

Hérard  from a failed effort to take Santo Domingo to diminished support returns in March 1844.

Two months later, bands of peasants called piquets (a term derived from the stakes they carry as weapons) overthrow Hérard at the behest of an army officer, Louis Jean-Jacques Acaau, who demands an end to mulatto rule.

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Charles Rivière-Hérard View →

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Christians, Roman Catholic View → Spaniards (Latins) View → Jamaica (British Colony) View → United States of America (US, USA) (Washington DC) View → Britain (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland) View → France, (first) Empire of View → Haiti, Republic of View → Santo Domingo, Captaincy General of View →

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Colonization of the Americas, Spanish View → Santo Domingo, Haitian Occupation of View →

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Commerce View → Labor and Service View → Government View → Custom and Law View →

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