There’s a fascinating play to be written about Henri Christophe, who became Haiti’s first president in 1807 after helping lead a slave rebellion that overthrew the island’s French colonizers.

The Tragedy of King Christophe is set in a period of upheaval after the Haitian Revolution of 1804 and follows the true story of Henri Christophe. By: A.A. Cristi Feb. 08, 2022 POPULAR ...

Only Christian Schiaretti, director of Lyon’s Théâtre National Populaire, ... There is something Shakespearean about the true story of Henri-Christophe, ...

Sans-Souci Palace was once the home of King Henri Christophe I of Haiti, a former slave who became a key leader in the 1804 Haitian Revolution, when the small nation gained independence from France.

Henri Christophe, the first king of Haiti who implemented a monarchy in the North of Haiti in 1811 while his rival Alexandre Pétion implemented a democracy in the South, remains undoubtedly one of the ...