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Boyer, Jean Pierre (zhäN pyĕr bwäyā`), 1776–1850, president of Haiti (1818–43). A free mulatto, he fought under Toussaint L'Ouverture Toussaint L'Ouverture, François Dominique (fräNswä` dômēnēk` t
..... Click the link for more information. and then joined André Rigaud Rigaud, André (äNdrā` rēgō`), 1761–1811, Haitian mulatto general in the wars that liberated Haiti.
..... Click the link for more information. , also a mulatto, in the latter's abortive insurrection against Toussaint. He returned in 1802 with the French army of Charles Leclerc Leclerc, Charles Victor Emmanuel (shärl vēktôr` ĕmänüĕl` ləklĕr`)
..... Click the link for more information. but later joined the patriots under Alexandre Pétion Pétion, Alexandre (älĕksäN`drə pātyôN`), 1770–1818, Haitian revolutionist.
..... Click the link for more information. , who chose him as his successor. He united N and S Haiti after the suicide of Henri Christophe Christophe, Henri (äNrē` krēstôf`), 1767–1820, Haitian revolutionary leader.
..... Click the link for more information. (1820), and in 1822, taking advantage of the weakness of Spanish Santo Domingo, he took control of the whole island. Compulsory labor was instituted. In 1825 a French fleet forced Boyer to pay an exorbitant indemnity in return for French losses; France then recognized Haitian independence. Financial embarrassment, combined with the labor policy and the devastation of an earthquake in 1843, brought about Boyer's overthrow and permanent exile.