Beschreibung
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Katalognummer: abre-Nicholas Geffrard (1859-1867).
Durchmesser: 22,00 mm
weight 4,11gr. | bronze Ø 22mm.
Struck in the name of president Fabre-Nicholas Geffrard (1859-1867). Fabre-Nicholas Geffrard was born on 19 September 1806 in Anse-à-Veau, Haiti. He was the son of Nicolas Geffrard and Marguerite Claudine LeJeune. After collaborating in a coup to remove Faustin Soulouque from power in order to return Haiti back to social and political control of the colored elite, Geffrard was made president in 1859.
To placate the peasants he renewed the practice of selling state-owned lands and ended a schism with the Roman Catholic Church which then took on an important role in improving education. In 1867, Geffrards bodyguards, Tirailleurs, betrayed him and tried to assassinate him inside the national palace. In 1866, a huge fire engulfed hundreds of houses and business. He was overthrouwn by Major Sylvain Salnave in 1867. In March 1867, Geffrard and his family disguised themselves and fled to Jamaica, where he died in Kingston on 31 December 1878. He was 72. KM.40
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