Biography of alexandre petion haiti
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Alexandre Pétion
POLITICIAN
1770 - 1818
Alexandre Pétion
Alexandre Sabès Pétion (French pronunciation: [alɛksɑ̃dʁ sabɛs petjɔ̃]; 2 April 1770 – 29 March 1818) was the first president of the Republic of Haiti from 1807 until his death in 1818. One of Haiti's founding fathers, Pétion belonged to the revolutionary quartet that also includes Toussaint Louverture, Jean-Jacques Dessalines, and his later rival Henri Christophe. Regarded as an excellent artilleryman in his early adulthood, Pétion would distinguish himself as an esteemed military commander with experience leading both French and Haitian troops. Read more on Wikipedia
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Alexandre Pétion was born in Saint Domingue (now Haiti) on April 2nd 1770. Despite the difficult relationship he had with his father, a white colonist by the name of Alexandre Sabés, he funnen consolation in his mother who was a free-black woman. As a ung man he pursued training to become a blacksmith as well as a goldsmith; however, Pétion had a deep interest in the military. When the French Revolution broke out, young Pétion was the first to welcome the principles of the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen, especially because it had the potential to bring equality to Saint Domingue. From that moment, Pétion became an active member of the military in the fight for freedom and equality for all people of color, and later on in the kamp for the independence of Saint Domingue. Petión was elected to become president in March of 1807. During the government of Pétion, the country’s political, administrative and social foundations were c
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"Pétion and the Republic of the South" by Joseph Saint-Rémy (1818-1856)
An excerpt from Saint-Rémy’s Pétion et Haïti: étude monographique et historique (1954-1957). Saint-Rémy was a renowned historian. He was born in Guadeloupe but moved to Haiti and later to France.
Anne-Alexandre, known as Pétion, was born in Port-au-Prince, along Revolution and Orléans streets, on April 2, 1770. He was the son of Mr. Pascal Sabés, a white male, and Madame Ursula, a mulattresse. Although he was a quadroon, with mixed blood, he was black with straight hair, which was mistaken for Indian. Allegedly, the black skin of the newborn made [Mr. Sabés] doubt his paternity, and he refused to give his [last] name [to Pétion].
Pétion at the age of eighteen was a soldier in the militia. [During the Revolution] Pétion [stated] that blacks and mulattos were starting a national war and this was not the time, in the presence of whites, to think about vengeance; [they] must forget the past. Pétion th