Pétion died suddenly in 1818, but Jean-Pierre Boyer, his successor, kept up the negotiations. Talks, however, continued to stall due to Christophe’s stubborn opposition.

1806 - Dessalines assassinated and Haiti divided into a black-controlled north and a mulatto-ruled south . 1818-43 - Pierre Boyer unifies Haiti, but excludes blacks from power.. 1915 - US invades ...

Charlotte Boyer, a 22-year-old epee fencer, said she is determined to make her home country proud, too, even if she is less connected to it. Boyer was born in Haiti but grew up in Lyon, France.

At the time, Boyer had yielded to French demands, barely two decades after General Jean-Jacques Dessalines (1758-1806) won Haiti's war of independence, because the country was not in a position to ...

With a fleet of offshore French ships aiming their cannons at Haiti, President Jean-Pierre Boyer, who would reunite a divided Haiti after the tragic and sudden deaths of King Henry Christophe in ...

In 1825, France extracted a huge indemnity from Haiti, in exchange for recognition of its independence. This week marked the 200th anniversary of that indemnity agreement. Haiti’s former ...