Soulouque, Faustin Élie (fōstăN` ālē` s
lk`), c.1785–1867, emperor of Haiti (1849–59). An illiterate former slave, he became president in 1847 and then declared himself emperor as Faustin I. His reign was corrupt, sanguinary, and terror-ridden; his court was a caricature of Napoleon's. Although he failed in his attempt to conquer Santo Domingo, he held Haiti under stern control until overthrown by a revolution led by Nicholas Fabre Geffrard Geffrard, Nicholas Fabre (nēkôlä` fä`brə zhĕfrär`), 1806–79, president of Haiti (1859–67).
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lk`), c.1785–1867, emperor of Haiti (1849–59). An illiterate former slave, he became president in 1847 and then declared himself emperor as Faustin I. His reign was corrupt, sanguinary, and terror-ridden; his court was a caricature of Napoleon's. Although he failed in his attempt to conquer Santo Domingo, he held Haiti under stern control until overthrown by a revolution led by Nicholas Fabre Geffrard Geffrard, Nicholas Fabre (nēkôlä` fä`brə zhĕfrär`), 1806–79, president of Haiti (1859–67)...... Click the link for more information. .
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