State of Haiti

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The State of Haiti (French: État d'Haïti; Haitian Creole: Leta an Ayiti) was the name of the state in northern Haiti. It was created on 17 February 1807 following a failed coup by Henri Christophe against the Haitian Senate in the wake of the assassination of Emperor Jacques I and the overthrow of the First Empire of Haiti. It was ruled by Christophe as President of the State of Haiti. The 1807 constitution for the State made the post of president a position for life, with the president having the power to appoint his successor. On 28 March 1811 President Henri was proclaimed King Henri I, thereby dissolving the State of Haiti and creating the Kingdom of Haiti. Following Christophe's coup attempt in 1806, the country was split. Parallel with the government of Christophe in the north, Alexandre Pétion, a free person of color, ruled over the south of the country as President of the Republic of Haiti until his death in 1818. He was succeeded by Jean-Pierre Boyer, who reunited the two parts...

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