The Statue to Dessalines on the Champ de Mars, Port-au-Prince; He is represented as the declarer of Haitian independence in 1804; [This statue, which is of hollow metal with a flag of painted tin, is an ugly object, and ought to be removed.]
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The Statue to Dessalines on the Champ de Mars, Port-au-Prince; He is represented as the declarer of Haitian independence in 1804; [This statue, which is of hollow metal with a flag of painted tin, is an ugly object, and ought to be removed.]
Collection
Names
Johnston, Harry Hamilton, Sir, 1858-1927 (Author)
Date / Origin
Date Issued: 1910
Place: London
Publisher: Methuen
Library Location
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division
Shelf locator: Sc 326.97-J (Johnston, H. Negro in the New World. New York: 1910)
Subjects
Port-au-Prince (Haiti)
Statues
Dessalines, Jean-Jacques, 1758-1806
Flags -- Haitian
Genres
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: NYPG82-B19638
Barcode: 33433034788145
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b10736862
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 086b2350-c6b8-012f-46ba-58d385a7bc34
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1910
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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division, The New York Public Library. "The Statue to Dessalines on the Champ de Mars, Port-au-Prince; He is represented as the declarer of Haitian independence in 1804; [This statue, which is of hollow metal with a flag of painted tin, is an ugly object, and ought to be removed.]" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1910. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/086b2350-c6b8-012f-46ba-58d385a7bc34
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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division, The New York Public Library. (1910). The Statue to Dessalines on the Champ de Mars, Port-au-Prince; He is represented as the declarer of Haitian independence in 1804; [This statue, which is of hollow metal with a flag of painted tin, is an ugly object, and ought to be removed.] Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/086b2350-c6b8-012f-46ba-58d385a7bc34
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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division, The New York Public Library. "The Statue to Dessalines on the Champ de Mars, Port-au-Prince; He is represented as the declarer of Haitian independence in 1804; [This statue, which is of hollow metal with a flag of painted tin, is an ugly object, and ought to be removed.]" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 7, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/086b2350-c6b8-012f-46ba-58d385a7bc34
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