Bulletin de l'ISPAN, Special issue: Vertières, the last battle of the indigenous army: the colonial slave system, the resistances, and the tactics of the opposing armies
Summary: The Bulletin de l'ISPAN, Special issue, of November 2019. The issue covers Vertières, the last battle of the indigenous army: the colonial slave system, the resistances, and the tactics of the opposing armies. The Bulletin is the publication of Haiti's national heritage institute, which documents the country's built heritage monument by monument, its state of conservation and the work carried out on it. 23 pages.
Key Findings
- The bulletin frames Vertières as the final battle of the Indigenous Army and a central site of Haitian national memory.
- ISPAN links the battle to the broader colonial slave system, the Code Noir, the Atlantic slave trade and long-running resistance.
- The editorial argues that the memory sites and monuments linked to Vertières are in poor condition and require state action.
- The issue emphasizes Capois La Mort, Jean-Jacques Dessalines and the military experience accumulated through thirteen years of struggle.
- A section reconstructs the battle through work attributed to Haiti's Military Academy.
- The closing essay presents the captured fortifications and arms as material evidence of freedom and human rights.
Full Description
The Bulletin de l'ISPAN, Special issue, of November 2019. The issue covers Vertières, the last battle of the indigenous army: the colonial slave system, the resistances, and the tactics of the opposing armies. The Bulletin is the publication of Haiti's national heritage institute, which documents the country's built heritage monument by monument, its state of conservation and the work carried out on it. 23 pages.
How to cite
Institute for the Protection of National Heritage (ISPAN), 2019, Bulletin de l'ISPAN, Special issue: Vertières, the last battle of the indigenous army: the colonial slave system, the resistances, and the tactics of the opposing armies, https://www.dloc.com/AA00065766/00043