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 ==See also==
 * [[Romaine-la-Prophetesse]] - A rebel leader and [[maroon]] active around Léogâne.
-* [[Edmond de Saint-Léger]] - French Commissioner who arrived in Saint-Domingue on November 29, [[1791]].
+* [[Edmond de Saint-Léger]] - French Commissioner who arrived in Saint-Domingue on November 29, [[1791]]; involved in fighting around Léogåne..
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 ==See also==
 * [[Romaine-la-Prophetesse]] - A rebel leader and [[maroon]] active around Léogâne.
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 [[image:attack_of_leogane.jpg|right|thumb|320px|French troops battle near Léogâne.]]'''Léogâne''' (also ''Léogane''; sometimes ''Leoganne'') is a coastal town in the Department Ouest (''West'') in the South of [[Haiti]] (18°30′39″N, 72°38′2″W). The port town is located about 29 km (18 miles) West of the Haitian capital [[Port-au-Prince]]. Léogâne is the birthplace of the [[Taíno]] queen [[Anacaona]] (the town was then named ''Yaguana'') and of [[Marie-Claire Heureuse Félicité]], the wife of the Haitian revolutionary [[Jean-Jacques Dessalines]] ([[1758]]).
-Jean-Jacques Dessalines had Léogâne burned in early [[1903]], to avoid having to hand the town over to the French troops. (Southey)
+Jean-Jacques Dessalines had Léogâne burned in early [[1803]], to avoid having to hand the town over to the French troops. (Southey)
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 [[image:attack_of_leogane.jpg|right|thumb|320px|French troops battle near Léogâne.]]'''Léogâne''' (also ''Léogane''; sometimes ''Leoganne'') is a coastal town in the Department Ouest (''West'') in the South of [[Haiti]] (18°30′39″N, 72°38′2″W). The port town is located about 29 km (18 miles) West of the Haitian capital [[Port-au-Prince]]. Léogâne is the birthplace of the [[Taíno]] queen [[Anacaona]] (the town was then named ''Yaguana'') and of [[Marie-Claire Heureuse Félicité]], the wife of the Haitian revolutionary [[Jean-Jacques Dessalines]] ([[1758]]).
 ====Charlemagne Péralte====
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 ==References==
 * Leogane. The Columbia Gazetteer of North America, edited by Saul B. Cohen. New York: Columbia University Press, 2000. [http://www.bartleby.com/69/52/L03352.html www.bartleby.com]. [Accessed on 6/21/2006].
 [[Category:Haitian towns]]
 [[Category:Places of the Haitian Revolution]]

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-[[image:attack_of_leogane.jpg|right|thumb|320px|French troops battle near Léogâne.]]'''Léogâne''' (also ''Léogane'') is a coastal town in the Department Ouest (''West'') in the South of [[Haiti]] (18°30′39″N, 72°38′2″W). The port town is located about 29 km (18 miles) West of the Haitian capital [[Port-au-Prince]]. Léogâne is the birthplace of the [[Taíno]] queen [[Anacaona]] (the town was then named ''Yaguana'') and of [[Marie-Claire Heureuse Félicité]], the wife of the Haitian revolutionary [[Jean-Jacques Dessalines]] ([[1758]]).
+[[image:attack_of_leogane.jpg|right|thumb|320px|French troops battle near Léogâne.]]'''Léogâne''' (also ''Léogane''; sometimes ''Leoganne'') is a coastal town in the Department Ouest (''West'') in the South of [[Haiti]] (18°30′39″N, 72°38′2″W). The port town is located about 29 km (18 miles) West of the Haitian capital [[Port-au-Prince]]. Léogâne is the birthplace of the [[Taíno]] queen [[Anacaona]] (the town was then named ''Yaguana'') and of [[Marie-Claire Heureuse Félicité]], the wife of the Haitian revolutionary [[Jean-Jacques Dessalines]] ([[1758]]).
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 ==See also==
 * [[Romaine-la-Prophetesse]] - A rebel leader and [[maroon]] active around Léogâne.
 ==References==
 * Leogane. The Columbia Gazetteer of North America, edited by Saul B. Cohen. New York: Columbia University Press, 2000. [http://www.bartleby.com/69/52/L03352.html www.bartleby.com]. [Accessed on 6/21/2006].

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 ====Charlemagne Péralte====
-Charlemagne Massena Péralte, the leader of the Haitian resistance to the U.S. occupation that had started in 1915, had been a military officer stationed in Léogâne. He resigned from the military, refusing to surrender to the U.S. troop[s without a fight. Afterwards he returned to his native town of Hinche and began leading the ''Cacos'' against the occupation forces.
+Charlemagne Massena Péralte, the leader of the Haitian resistance to the U.S. occupation that had started in 1915, had been a military officer stationed in Léogâne. <br>
+He resigned from the military, refusing to surrender to the U.S. troops without a fight. Afterwards he returned to his native town of Hinche and began leading the ''Cacos'' against the occupation forces.
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−	Charlemagne Massena Péralte, the leader of the Haitian resistance to the U.S. occupation that had started in 1915, had been a military officer stationed in Léogâne.	+	Charlemagne Massena Péralte, the leader of the Haitian resistance to the U.S. occupation that had started in 1915, had been a military officer stationed in Léogâne. He resigned from the military, refusing to surrender to the U.S. troop[s without a fight. Afterwards he returned to his native town of Hinche and began leading the ''Cacos'' against the occupation forces.

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	[[image:attack_of_leogane.jpg\|right\|thumb\|320px\|French troops battle near Léogâne.]]'''Léogâne''' (also ''Léogane'') is a coastal town in the Department Ouest (''West'') in the South of [[Haiti]] (18°30′39″N, 72°38′2″W). The port town is located about 29 km (18 miles) West of the Haitian capital [[Port-au-Prince]]. Léogâne is the birthplace of the [[Taíno]] queen [[Anacaona]] (the town was then named ''Yaguana'') and of [[Marie-Claire Heureuse Félicité]], the wife of the Haitian revolutionary [[Jean-Jacques Dessalines]] ([[1758]]).		[[image:attack_of_leogane.jpg\|right\|thumb\|320px\|French troops battle near Léogâne.]]'''Léogâne''' (also ''Léogane'') is a coastal town in the Department Ouest (''West'') in the South of [[Haiti]] (18°30′39″N, 72°38′2″W). The port town is located about 29 km (18 miles) West of the Haitian capital [[Port-au-Prince]]. Léogâne is the birthplace of the [[Taíno]] queen [[Anacaona]] (the town was then named ''Yaguana'') and of [[Marie-Claire Heureuse Félicité]], the wife of the Haitian revolutionary [[Jean-Jacques Dessalines]] ([[1758]]).
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		+	Charlemagne Massena Péralte, the leader of the Haitian resistance to the U.S. occupation that had started in 1915, had been a military officer stationed in Léogâne.

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−	'''Léogâne''' (also ''~~Léoagane~~'') is a coastal town in the Department Ouest (''West'') in the South of [[Haiti]] (18°30′39″N, 72°38′2″W). The port town is located about 29 km (18 miles) West of the Haitian capital [[Port-au-Prince]]. Léogâne is the birthplace of the [[Taíno]] queen [[Anacaona]] (the town was then named ''Yaguana'') and of [[Marie-Claire Heureuse Félicité]], the wife of the Haitian revolutionary [[Jean-Jacques Dessalines]] ([[1758]]).	+	[[image:attack_of_leogane.jpg\|right\|thumb\|320px\|French troops battle near Léogâne.]]'''Léogâne''' (also ''Léogane'') is a coastal town in the Department Ouest (''West'') in the South of [[Haiti]] (18°30′39″N, 72°38′2″W). The port town is located about 29 km (18 miles) West of the Haitian capital [[Port-au-Prince]]. Léogâne is the birthplace of the [[Taíno]] queen [[Anacaona]] (the town was then named ''Yaguana'') and of [[Marie-Claire Heureuse Félicité]], the wife of the Haitian revolutionary [[Jean-Jacques Dessalines]] ([[1758]]).
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