[2], 84 p. ;|c23 cm. (4to) Contains correspondence with president Jean-Pierre Boyer, who served from 1818-1943, and French officials in Paris, concerning the agreement reached in 1825 by which the French consented to recognize Haitian independence in return for the payment of an indemnity of 150 million francs as compensation for the massacre of French plantation owners by black slaves during the Haitian wars of independence. These payments soon placed an impossible financial burden on the already impoverished Haitian people. Boyer also maintained a huge corrupt army and a civil service that constantly preyed on the rural population. The gap between the black peasants in the countryside and the mulattoes of the towns grew during Boyer's presidency. The corruption of Boyer's rule and the stagnation of the economy finally led to a rebellion in 1843 that forced Boyer to flee to Jamaica and then to Paris. Cf. Encyclopedia Britannica Signatures: pi1 A-K L² Title framed within ornamental border; engraved scales of justice on title page; head piece on p. [1], 2nd count Sabin Bissainthe, M. Dict. de bib. haïtienne