U.S. occupation
Hinche / Artibonite
Charlemagne Péralte
Life
1886 — 1919
Historical era
U.S. occupation
Role
Caco general who led rural resistance to the U.S. occupation.
Ambushed and killed in 1919; U.S. propaganda photos of his body backfired into nationalist iconography.
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