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🗿Today is the 195th Anniversary of the death of King Henri I of Haiti: Being a dictatorial monarch took its toll on Henri Christophe. On August 15, 1820 during the mid-day break he went to mass, which was not a part of his normal routine. Just before he was given communion, Christophe suffered a stroke which left him permanently paralyzed. His mind was still clear and he tried to carry on business as usual, but his government was threatened by factions who hated his tyrannical ways. In October the king tried to stand up to the rebels, but he realized he did not have the support he needed. ▨ ▨ One Sunday evening, Christophe called his wife and children into his room to discuss the state of Haiti and then sent them off to bed. After they left he raised a pistol to his chest and shot himself, on October 8,1820. As word of the king’s death got out, looters started ransacking the palace. Two men were able to get the body out of the residence, but they couldn’t find tools to dig a grave, so they buried Christophe in a pile of lime. In 1847, 27 years after his death, the monarch who did great things for his country, if perhaps not in great ways, was given a proper burial in a concrete tomb at the place d’Armes at the Citadel on the peak of La Ferrière. ▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃ #Negritude #PanAfricanism #Haiti #Ayiti #Africa #Alkebulan #Creole #Kreyol #Colonialism #Imperialism #HenriChristophe #KingHenriChristophe #CitadelleLaferriere #HaitianRevolution #HaitiHeritage #HaitiLives #HaitiWasBornInMe ✊🌍🌎✊ ▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃

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