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| | REPUBLIQUE D'HAITI, 1871 |
 | | Firstly, she sits on the presumed site of the principal village of Guakanagarick; next, the first plantings of bamboo, brought from Martinique, were planted in 1759 on the Porte-Lance plantation, in this commune; lastly, during the colonial troubles, Christophe commanded here for a short time with the grade of captain of the gendarmerie. |
 | | From January 1804, being only the General of Division, Councilor of State, and Commander in Chief of the Northern Department, on the orders of Governor General Dessalines, he started to build this fortress based on the plans of a colored man, an engineering officer, Henri Barré. |
 | | The Generals Petion, Yayou, Lys, and Caneaux would shut themselves up in the city and organize the defense, in such a way that the king, thinking that he could take it without firing a shot, found himself reduced to putting the city under siege. |
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