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| − | '''Aux Cayes''' (also ''Les Cayes'' or ''Cayes''; [[Kreyòl]]:''Okay'') (8°12'N 73°45'W) is a southern port town in Haiti in the department Sud (''South''). It is the birthplace of [[André Rigaud]] (1761) and it was here in 1815, that the South American liberator [[Simón Bolivar]] first landed in [[Haiti]]. | + | '''Aux Cayes''' (also ''Les Cayes'' or ''Cayes''; [[Kreyòl]]: ''Okay'' ) (8°12'N 73°45'W) is a southern port town in Haiti in the department Sud (''South''). It is the birthplace of [[André Rigaud]] (1761) and it was here in 1815, that the South American liberator [[Simón Bolivar]] first landed in [[Haiti]]. |
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| + | In [[1796]] rioting against white colonial settlers erupted in Aux Cayes, killing many. | ||
Toussaint Louverture wrote in his [[Memoir of Toussaint Louverture, Written by Himself|autobiographical notes]]: "...When I returned to Cayes, after the departure of [[André Rigaud|Gen. Rigaud]], the treasury was empty..." ([[Beard]] p. 323) | Toussaint Louverture wrote in his [[Memoir of Toussaint Louverture, Written by Himself|autobiographical notes]]: "...When I returned to Cayes, after the departure of [[André Rigaud|Gen. Rigaud]], the treasury was empty..." ([[Beard]] p. 323) | ||
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At a meeting in July of [[1803]] at Camp Gérard, near the town of Les Cayes, the Generals of the southern army under Geffrard, formed an alliance with [[Jean-Jacques Dessalines]]. | At a meeting in July of [[1803]] at Camp Gérard, near the town of Les Cayes, the Generals of the southern army under Geffrard, formed an alliance with [[Jean-Jacques Dessalines]]. | ||
| + | ==See also== | ||
| + | * [[Toussaint dialogue with Léger Félicité Sonthonax (1797)]] - Toussaint Louverture mentions the ''Cayes Affair'', the revolt against French settlers in 1796. | ||
| + | * [[Memoir of Toussaint Louverture, Written by Himself]] | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
* Les Cayes. ''The Columbia Gazetteer of North America'', edited by Saul B. Cohen. New York: Columbia University Press, 2000. [http://www.bartleby.com/69/2/L03502.html www.bartleby.com]. [Accessed on 1/30/2006]. | * Les Cayes. ''The Columbia Gazetteer of North America'', edited by Saul B. Cohen. New York: Columbia University Press, 2000. [http://www.bartleby.com/69/2/L03502.html www.bartleby.com]. [Accessed on 1/30/2006]. | ||
| + | * ''Extrait du rapport addressé au Directoire executif par le citoyen Toussaint Louverture, general en chef des Forces de la République française a Saint-Domingue''. (1797) Chez P. Roux, imprimeur. Cap-français, n.d. [1797]. | ||
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* {{Toussaint L'Ouverture: A Biography and Autobiography}} | * {{Toussaint L'Ouverture: A Biography and Autobiography}} | ||
[[Category: Places of the Haitian Revolution]] | [[Category: Places of the Haitian Revolution]] | ||
Revision as of 07:07, 31 January 2006
Aux Cayes (also Les Cayes or Cayes; Kreyòl: Okay ) (8°12'N 73°45'W) is a southern port town in Haiti in the department Sud (South). It is the birthplace of André Rigaud (1761) and it was here in 1815, that the South American liberator Simón Bolivar first landed in Haiti.
In 1796 rioting against white colonial settlers erupted in Aux Cayes, killing many.
Toussaint Louverture wrote in his autobiographical notes: "...When I returned to Cayes, after the departure of Gen. Rigaud, the treasury was empty..." (Beard p. 323)
At a meeting in July of 1803 at Camp Gérard, near the town of Les Cayes, the Generals of the southern army under Geffrard, formed an alliance with Jean-Jacques Dessalines.
See also
- Toussaint dialogue with Léger Félicité Sonthonax (1797) - Toussaint Louverture mentions the Cayes Affair, the revolt against French settlers in 1796.
- Memoir of Toussaint Louverture, Written by Himself
References
- Les Cayes. The Columbia Gazetteer of North America, edited by Saul B. Cohen. New York: Columbia University Press, 2000. www.bartleby.com. [Accessed on 1/30/2006].
- Extrait du rapport addressé au Directoire executif par le citoyen Toussaint Louverture, general en chef des Forces de la République française a Saint-Domingue. (1797) Chez P. Roux, imprimeur. Cap-français, n.d. [1797].
- Beard, J. R. (John Relly) (1863). Toussaint L'Ouverture: A Biography and Autobiography. Chapel Hill, NC: Academic Affairs Library, UNC-CH. Online Publication
