Charlemagne Péralte, a Haitian nationalist leader of the Caco resistance to U.S. occupation, was killed by U.S. Marines overnight on 31 October–1 November 1919. Sources differ in whether they date his death to 31 October or 1 November; this record follows the Sciences Po chronology and notes the overnight ambiguity. The U.S. Army’s Medal of Honor citation calls Péralte a “bandit chief,” a label that reflects the occupying power’s framing of resistance. His killing did not end the movement, and his image and memory became symbols of Haitian resistance to foreign rule and forced labor.
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When was Charlemagne Péralte killed?
Sources differ by one day because the killing took place overnight; the record notes that ambiguity.
Charlemagne Péralte was killed overnight at the end of October 1919.
Sources place the killing overnight on 31 October–1 November, with some variation in the recorded date.