09-27 September 27th - 📅 1843: A decree of the provisional government closes the ports

📅 1843: A decree of the provisional government led by Hérard closes the ports in the eastern part
of the island:
«This measure was to cause a sharp irritation and a general sourness in the middle of the
Spanish-Haitian population of the eastern part.
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i Source: Janvier, Louis Joseph. The Republic of Haiti and its visitors. Volume 2; p.

📅 1991. Speech by President Jean-Bertrand Aristide in praise of the Pè Lebrun
Returning from New York where he had given a speech before the 46th General Assembly, the
President urged his supporters to be vigilant and, if necessary, to use the "instrument", he
referring to "Pè Lebrun".