"Black Majesty" by John W. Vandercook. NY: The Literary Guild of America, 1928. First edition. Art by Mahlon Blaine
The Life of Henri Christophe, King of Haiti, who at the height of his power built the magnificent palace of Sans Souci, a structure rivaling the pyramids in incredibility. His coronation as King Henri I was in March 1811. Under his policies of corvée, or forced labor, the Kingdom earned revenues from agricultural production, primarily the commodity sugar, but the people resented the system. Unpopular, ill and fearing a coup, he committed suicide on October 8, 1820.
"Black Majesty" by John W. Vandercook. NY: The Literary Guild of America, 1928. First edition. Art by Mahlon Blaine
The Life of Henri Christophe, King of Haiti, who at the height of his power built the magnificent palace of Sans Souci, a structure rivaling the pyramids in incredibility. His coronation as King Henri I was in March 1811. Under his policies of corvée, or forced labor, the Kingdom earned revenues from agricultural production, primarily the commodity sugar, but the people resented the system. Unpopular, ill and fearing a coup, he committed suicide on October 8, 1820.