HAITI - President Jean Pierre BOYER 1820-1843 - Lot 328

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HAITI - President Jean Pierre BOYER 1820-1843 - Lot 328
HAITI - President Jean Pierre BOYER 1820-1843 50 centimes in silver year 25 (1828). (5,10 g) T.B. J. P. Boyer was born on February 15, 1776 in Port-au-Prince and died on July 9 1850 in Paris, after 7 years of exile. President for life (31 March 1818 - 20 October 1820). Supreme Chief of Haiti (20 October 1820 - 13 March 1843). He participated in the Haitian War of Independence. He was commander of the mulatto elites against the authority of General Toussaint Louverture during the War of the knives. Protégé of André Rigaud, he supported the French during the expedition of Saint-Domingue in 1802 with the general Alexandre Pétion of whom he became his pupil. Then, he joined with Pétion the nationalist forces commanded by General Dessalines who proclaimed independence. Provenance : COLLECTION Patrick DEVAUX
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