Beyond Vertières: A Decolonial History of the Haitians By Dr. Jean Eddy Saint Paul Contrary to the hegemonic trend of French historiography, the Battle of Vertières was not a myth nor is it fiction. Only two kilometers from Cap Haïtien, on November 18, 1803, the Indigenous Army of Saint Domingue (Haiti) led by Jean-Jacques Dessalines, […]