Personality · Literature · Politics & public life
Writer · Politician · Historian
📍 Birthplace Saint-Domingue
June 6, 1776 – October 23, 1806
Haiti
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Louis Félix Mathurin Boisrond-Tonnerre, better known as simply Boisrond-Tonnerre, was a Haitian writer and historian who is best known for having served as Jean-Jacques Dessalines' secretary. Boisrond-Tonnerre was educated in Paris until 1798 when he returned to Haiti. He is the author of the 1804 Haitian Declaration of Independence, which formally declared Haiti's independence from the colonial rule of France. He is also known for his work chronicling the Haitian Revolution, Mémoires pour Servir à l'Histoire d'Haïti.
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Places
- Birthplace
- Saint-Domingue
- Languages
- French
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- Wikidata, Q940025 (CC0)
- Photo: Portrait datant du XIXe siècle, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons