Henri christophe

King Henri I of Haiti c.1816 🌴🇭🇹 #haiti #haitian #henrichristophe #king #noble #haitien #ayiti #kingdom #haitian

Marvel’s blockbuster “Black Panther,” which recently became the first superhero drama to be nominated for a Best Picture Academy Award, takes place in the secret African Kingdom of Wakanda.

Henri Christophe was a West African slave and became an early king of (Haiti). Christophe was born on the island of Grenada, a British colonial acquisition. His parents were slaves brought to Grenada with thousands of other West Africans to work in the sugar industry. These slaves in the sugar industry were known for their fierce and determined ...

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On Thursday night, as I sat watching Ryan Coogler’s film Black Panther, based on the comic by Marvel, I couldn’t help wondering, is Wakanda, Haiti? My mind was racing. There was so much to unpack. I…

Henry Christophe learned everything he knew from experience. A Negro born into a slave family on the island of Grenada, he never went to school and was illiterate his whole life. His life’s purpo…

Many candidates succeeded Dessalines, but only three approached his stature. Most Haitians saw Henry Christophe as the most logical choice. He had served as a commander under Toussaint and could therefore claim the former leader’s mantle and some of his mystique. Christophe was black like Dessalines, but he lacked Dessalines’s consuming racial hatred, and he […]

1820- The Citadelle Laferriere is completed by up to 20,000 workers as part of a system of fortifications designed to keep the newly independent nation of Haiti safe from French incursions. It is one of the largest fortresses in the Americas. The Haitians outfit the fortress with 365 cannons of varying size. The Citadel has been built by workers under Henri Christophe, a key leader during the Haitian slave rebellion who had himself crowned king after independence.

Toussaint-Louverture, Toussaint Bréda, nicknamed The Black Napoleon[1] (20 May 1743 – 7 April 1803), was the leader of the Haitian Revolution. His military genius and political acumen transformed an entire society of slaves into the independent state of Haiti.[2] The success of the Haitian Revolution shook the institution of slavery throughout the New World.[3] Toussaint Louverture began his military career as a leader of the 1791 slave rebellion in the French colony of Saint Domingue