Morning star

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was slain, in 1806, and the country was divided

among several chieftains, the principal of whom

wer& Christophe, in the southwest, and Petion, in

the northwest. In 1811 the former was crowned

under the title of Henry the First. Petion continued

to act as president of a republic, until his death, in

1815, when he was succeeded by Boyer, who on

the death of Christophe, in 1820, took possession of

his kingdom, and the Spanish portion of the island

having voluntarily placed itself under his govern

ment, he became master of the whole of Hayti. In

1825 he concluded a treaty with France, by which

the independence of the country was recognized,

and its ports thrown open to all nations. He guar

anteed the payment of 150,000,000 f for the losses sus

tained by French colonists during the revolution, to

be paid in five annual instalments, and the first pay

ment of thirty millions was made in 1836, but it

being evident that Hayti could never discharge the

entire debt, France reduced her demand to 60,000,-

000 francs, to be paid in six instalments, by 1867,

and two of them have been promptly met. With

the disorders under Boyer’s later years, his abdica

tion, the elevation of Perote, and the subsequent

and existing troubles on the island, our readers are

doubtless sufficiently familiar.

The establishment of a negro commonwealth in

one of the finest islands of the world, near to the

United States, and in closer proximity to various

European colonies, was an extraordinary event, cal

culated to arrest the attention of the Caucasian na

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

Morning star. (1845). Limerick, Me., 1845-12-17. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn84024361/1845-12-17/ed-1/?sp=4

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Library of Congress, Chronicling America: Morning star, 1845-12-17.