Also known as: Jacmel
Last updated: April 26, 2026
Jacmel was one of the key ports of the southern and southeastern revolutionary world: a coffee outlet, a gateway between the West and the South, a corridor into maroon country, and later the site of one of the most memorable sieges of the civil-war era.
André Rigaud
Lamour Dérance
Claire Heureuse
local command context (1793–1794)
His insurgency extended into the Jacmel mountain region, demonstrating that the revolution's West Province theater was not limited to the capital's hinterland.
Retreated to Jacmel with the commissioners in June 1794
Siege And Fall Of Port Au Prince April 1793
Trou Coffy Insurgency
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