Hérard Dumesle
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Hérard Dumesle (16 June 1784 - 22 June 1858) was a Haitian poet and politician. Dumesle, a mulatto, opposed the government of Jean Pierre Boyer and formed a group of like-minded young mulattoes called the Society for the Rights of Man and of the Citizen. Dumesle's cousin, Charles Riviere-Hérard, led the Revolution of 1843 which forced President Boyer to flee the country. Riviere-Hérard then succeeded Boyer as President of Haiti. Dumesle served as president of the Constituent Assembly and later as a Minister during his cousin's rule. After an 1844 coup d'état, both Dumesle and Riviere-Hérard were forced into exile. They settled in Jamaica and remained there for the rest of their lives.
As a poet, Dumesle's most remembered work is the historical Macanda.
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- Boyer: Expansion and Decline. Country Studies. Library of Congress. Retrieved on 2006-10-31.
- Schutt-Ainé, Patricia, Staff of Librairie Au Service de la Culture (1994). Haiti: A Basic Reference Book. Miami, Florida: Librairie Au Service de la Culture, p. 88. ISBN 0-9638599-0-0.
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