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| − | '''Défilée''', (also Défilée-La-Folle; [[Kreyòl]]: ''Defile'' ) | + | '''Dédée Bazile''' often called '''Défilée''', (also ''Défilée-La-Folle'' ( ''Défilée, the Madwoman'' ); [[Kreyòl]]: ''Defile'' ) retrieved [[Jean-Jacques Dessalines]] bloody and mutilated body after his assassination at Pont Larnage, (now known as [[Pont-Rouge]]) on [[October 17]], [[1806]]. She gathered the remains of Dessalines in a sack and transported them to the Cimetière Intérieur ( ''Interior Cemetery'' ) of [[Port-au-Prince]] for a proper burial. |
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| + | Thomas Madiou, in his 1847 History of Haiti, writes about Défilée: "«Pendant que de nombreux enfants, au milieu de grands cris de joie, criblaient de coups de pierre les restes infortunés de Dessalines, sur la place du Gouvernement, une vieille femme folle nommée Défilée vint à passer. Elle s'approcha de l'attroupement que formaient les enfants... ...On lui dit que c'était Dessalines. Ses yeux égarés devinrent calmes tout à coup; une lueur de raison brilla sur ses traits. Elle alla à la course chercher un sac, revint sur la place, y mit ses restes ensanglantés et les transporta au cimetière intérieur de la ville. Le général [[Pétion]] y envoya quelques militaires qui, pour une modique somme, les enterrèrent»" (Madiou Vol. 3, p. 406) | ||
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| + | Dédée Bazile was born near [[Le Cap]] and her parents were slaves. Bazile followed Jean-Jacques Dessalines's troops, working as a peddler. Défilée is widely regarded as one of the heros of Haiti and is honored as one of the many women that were instrumental in Haiti's revolutionary struggle. | ||
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| + | In 1892 a marble monument for Dessalines was erected at the cemetery and in March of 1936, it was moved to [[Pont-Rouge]], the site of the assassination of of the first ruler of independent Haiti. | ||
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| + | ==References== | ||
| + | * Madiou, Thomas. (1989) ''L'Histoire d'Haïti''. rééd. Port-au-Prince: Editions Henri Deschamps. (8 Volumes; Original published in 1847) | ||
[[Category:Who's Who|Défilée]] | [[Category:Who's Who|Défilée]] | ||
[[Category:Blacks|Défilée]] | [[Category:Blacks|Défilée]] | ||
[[Category:Women|Défilée]] | [[Category:Women|Défilée]] | ||
Revision as of 06:37, 1 February 2006
Dédée Bazile often called Défilée, (also Défilée-La-Folle ( Défilée, the Madwoman ); Kreyòl: Defile ) retrieved Jean-Jacques Dessalines bloody and mutilated body after his assassination at Pont Larnage, (now known as Pont-Rouge) on October 17, 1806. She gathered the remains of Dessalines in a sack and transported them to the Cimetière Intérieur ( Interior Cemetery ) of Port-au-Prince for a proper burial.
Thomas Madiou, in his 1847 History of Haiti, writes about Défilée: "«Pendant que de nombreux enfants, au milieu de grands cris de joie, criblaient de coups de pierre les restes infortunés de Dessalines, sur la place du Gouvernement, une vieille femme folle nommée Défilée vint à passer. Elle s'approcha de l'attroupement que formaient les enfants... ...On lui dit que c'était Dessalines. Ses yeux égarés devinrent calmes tout à coup; une lueur de raison brilla sur ses traits. Elle alla à la course chercher un sac, revint sur la place, y mit ses restes ensanglantés et les transporta au cimetière intérieur de la ville. Le général Pétion y envoya quelques militaires qui, pour une modique somme, les enterrèrent»" (Madiou Vol. 3, p. 406)
Dédée Bazile was born near Le Cap and her parents were slaves. Bazile followed Jean-Jacques Dessalines's troops, working as a peddler. Défilée is widely regarded as one of the heros of Haiti and is honored as one of the many women that were instrumental in Haiti's revolutionary struggle.
In 1892 a marble monument for Dessalines was erected at the cemetery and in March of 1936, it was moved to Pont-Rouge, the site of the assassination of of the first ruler of independent Haiti.
References
- Madiou, Thomas. (1989) L'Histoire d'Haïti. rééd. Port-au-Prince: Editions Henri Deschamps. (8 Volumes; Original published in 1847)
