Marigot, Sud-Est
Marigot (Haitian Creole: Marigo) is a commune in the Jacmel Arrondissement, in the Sud-Est department of Haiti. It has 50,734 inhabitants.
Marigot
Marigo | |
|---|---|
  Marigot Location in Haiti | |
| Coordinates: 18°14′0″N 72°19′0″W | |
| Country | Haiti |
| Department | Sud-Est |
| Arrondissement | Jacmel |
| Elevation | 41 m (135 ft) |
| Population (7 August 2003)[1] | |
| • Total | 50,734 |
In early 1792, during the Haitian Revolution, Marigot's black inhabitants rebelled and built a fort in the city.[2] Abbé Aubert, a white priest and leader of the rebellion in the area, also commandeered Marigot's cannons and contributed them to Romaine-la-Prophétesse's slave uprising around and siege of Jacmel.[3]
The Haitian writer Emile Célestin-Mégie was born in Marigot.[4]
References
- Institut Haïtien de Statistique et d'Informatique (IHSI)
- Rey, Terry (2017). The Priest and the Prophetess: Abbé Ouvière, Romaine Rivière, and the Revolutionary Atlantic World. Oxford University Press. pp. 44, 235. ISBN 978-0190625849.
- Rey 2017, pp. 129-130.
- Edith Wainwright, Culture haïtienne à travers des textes choisis (2001), page 72
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