Also known as: caporalisme agraire, agrarian militarism
Last updated: April 23, 2026
Caporalisme agraire names the militarized labor regime through which post-revolutionary Haitian rulers tried to preserve export production after slavery. In practice it meant keeping rural workers tied to plantations or large estates under military, administrative, or quasi-military supervision while presenting the system as necessary for national survival.
Jean-Jacques Dessalines
Jean Pierre Boyer
Toussaint Louverture
Haitian State
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