1583–1663
Biography · Leadership
Alexandre Pétion
1770–1818
Haiti
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Biography
Pétion led southern Haiti as president and gave Simón Bolívar refuge, arms and support in exchange for a promise to abolish slavery in the lands Bolívar liberated.
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