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Ceux d'autrefois

Ceux d'autrefois

by Jean Price-Mars

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Historical essay regarding the dispute over the presidency of Florvil Hyppolite, president of Haiti from 1889 to 1896, and his predecessor, François Légitime. A significant contribution to Haitian and Caribbean studies. Jean Price-Mars (1876-1969) was a Haitian teacher, politician, diplomat, writer, and ethnographer and intellectual. He is considered a pioneer of the negritude movement in Haiti.