Also known as: Beaubrun Ardouin, Etudes sur l'histoire d'Haiti, Études sur l'histoire d'Haïti
Last updated: April 16, 2026
The most comprehensive 19th-century Haitian history, published in 11 volumes between 1853 and 1860, covering the period from 1492 to 1843. Ardouin writes from a mulatto republican perspective that privileges documentary reconstruction of commissioners, assemblies, factions, decrees, and diplomatic turns, making him indispensable for tracking the emancipation sequence of 1793, South Province insurgency, the Declaration of Independence, and the debt politics of 1825. Best read alongside Madiou for complementary nationalist framing and oral memory.
Authored Etudes sur l'histoire d'Haiti (11 vols., Paris 1853-1860)
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The entire Etudes sur l'histoire d'Haïti began as a planned Life of General Borgella before swelling into national history — making him the structural origin of Ardouin's historiographic project.
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Beaubrun Ardouin. "Etudes sur l'histoire d'Haiti, suivies de la vie du General J.-M. Borgella." Dezobry et E. Magdeleine, 1853. Rasin.ai, https://rasin.ai/connections/sources/ardouin-etudes. Accessed 2026-05-05.