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Pétion's Mode Of Government: Haiti

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Pétion’s mode of government has shaped Haiti in a unique manner, he was basically a do-nothing leader. He lived his life in Port-au-Prince quite comfortably, he was fair and honest, but didn’t exercise much force on his people. He had an army that kept the peace in his country especially holding down the rebellion of Goman in the Far Western part of the southern peninsula. He divided the large plantations into small lots, giving each of his soldiers a piece of property; he basically took the burden off the plantation owners by doing this, as a result people produced only enough for their needs which slowdown the economy and led to inflation (Encyclopædia Britannica).What made him different from Dessalines and Christophe was the fact that he

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