Pompée Valentin Vastey

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Pompée Valentin Vastey (1735 - 1820), or Pompée Valentin, Baron de Vastey, was a Haitian writer, educator, and politician. Vastey was a mulatto, born to a white French father and a Haitian mother. He served as secretary to King Henri Christophe and tutor to Christophe's son, Victor Henri. Vastey is best known for his essays on the history and contemporary circumstances of Haiti.

[edit] Selected works

Le Système Colonial Dévoilé (1814)
Réflexions Adressées aux Haïtiens de l'Ouest et du Sud (1815)
Le Cri de la Patrie (1815)
Réflexions sur les Noirs et les Blancs (1816)
Réflexions Politiques sur quelques Ouvrages et Journaux Français Concernant Haïti (English: Political Remarks upon Certain French Publications and Journals Concerning Haiti), 1817
Essai sur les Causes de la Révolution et des Guerres Civiles en Haïti (English: An Essay on the Causes of the Revolution and Civil Wars of Haiti), 1819
Cri de la Conscience (1819)

[edit] References

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. 90. ISBN 0-9638599-0-0.

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