List of massacres in Haiti

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The following is a list of massacres that have occurred in Haiti (numbers may be approximate):

Massacres

Name Date Location Deaths Notes
1804 Haiti massacre February until April 1804 All across the country 3,000 to 5,000 Genocide of Haiti's White population.[1]
Virgins of Galindo Several weeks after Haitian unification of 1822 Santo Domingo, Haiti 3 Refers to three maiden sisters (aged 7–16) that were slaughtered and then raped and dismembered just right after the assassination of their father, at the Galindo Manor, located outside the city walls of Santo Domingo believed to be committed by Haitian occupation soldiers,[2] but some archives suggest it was done by civilian men on both sides of the island.[3][4]
Jérémie Vespers 1964 Jérémie 27 Deaths of insurgents opposed to François Duvalier.
Jean-Rabel massacre July 1987 Jean-Rabel 139-200[5][6] Battle between wealthy landowners and a land-reform group.[6]
Haitian general election, 1987 November 1987 All across the country 30-300.[7] Attacks on voters.[7]
St. Jean Bosco massacre September 1988 Port-au-Prince 13-150.[5][8] Politically motivated attack on a church service, which was being led by future-President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, who was a priest at the time.[9]
Raboteau massacre April 1994 Gonaïves 8-15[10] Massacre of civilian demonstrators.[11]

See also

References

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  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 massviolence.org, Haiti: 1986-1991: Military Coups and post-Duvalier repression
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 New York Times, 30 August 1988, 200 Died in Massacre in Haiti
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Whitney, Kathleen Marie (1996), "Sin, Fraph, and the CIA: U.S. Covert Action in Haiti", Southwestern Journal of Law and Trade in the Americas, Vol. 3, Issue 2 (1996), pp. 303-332. p319
  8. ↑ Tom Block, October 1990, Portrait of a Folk-Hero: Father Jean-Bertrand Aristide
  9. ↑ IACHR, Report on the Situation of Human Rights in Haiti, OEA/Ser.L/V/II.74 doc. 9 rev. 1, 7 September 1988
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