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Ville de Jérémie, or Downtown Jérémie, is an urban city center, based around the Central Business District of Jérémie, Grand'Anse, Haiti.

Ville de Jeremie 60919

A street in Downtown Jérémie

Ville de Jeremie 60919 Michael Vedrine

Section map of Downtown Jérémie, Haiti

Neighboring sections

Upper West 700c 805 Michael Vedrine
1re Désormeau,
BON
〰️North〰️
Windward Passage
West
5e Fond Rouge Dahere
Ville de Jérémie
Downtown Jérémie
〰️East〰️
Caribbean Sea
South RN7 Michael Vedrine 610a Michael Vedrine 72 111918

1re Marfranc, MAF

History[]

• The Favaranges Habitation was a coffee plantation situated in the city of Jérémie. Its owner, a royalist white colonist, presided over the 1792 Colonial Assembly. He was one of those who delivered Grand'Anse to the English in 1793.

• The site of Fort Télémaque is located on a high hill behind the lower town of Jérémie, on the Bac Road; it was named after General Télémaque. During the massacre of the French in Au Cap in 1804, Dessalines summoned to the government palace the old César Télémaque, former mayor of the Cape, under Toussaint Louverture, who had always shown himself to be devoted to the French. He said to him, "You, who did not want the fire in Au Cap when Leclerc arrived, why didn't you follow the French? So you are recognized that they are leaders!" Télémaque, trembling, did not answer. Dessalines called a white man and ordered Télémaque to hang him to give him a testimony of his dedication to the cause of independence. Télémaque, after having passed the rope around the neck of the Frenchman, to feel himself failing at the moment of the execution. He declared almost unconsciously that he would rather perish than commit a crime. Dessalines, appearing to take pity on him, drove him from his presence while ordering to do him no harm. He delivered the white to the soldiers of the 4th who sacrificed him. Telemaque was a member of the Emperor's Privy Council in 1805.

• In 1810, Goman had its main establishment at the Grand-Doco habitation during its insurrection in La Grand'Anse. This habitation, located 13 leagues from Jérémie, was part of a large village surrounded by beautiful plantations. Six regiments spent a month to destroy these plantations and houses, and to drive out the insurgents in all directions. These, distraught, weary of fleeing continuously, went to the authorities of Jérémie where the mercy of the government was reserved for them.

• In 1868, President Salnave bombarded Jérémie for three days. He concentrated his fires all day long on Fort Telemaque, which was dismantled. The batteries of the besieged city, no longer responding to his blows, the fierce President believed it entirely reduced, when, to his most terrible amazement, a merry band sang the most even meringues of the time on the still smoking walls of Fort Telemaque. Then, stamping his foot on the Galathée bridge, and nervously taking his head in his hands, Salnave exclaimed angrily: "Decidedly, there is nothing more to do with these devils! Let's go to Les Cayes!" The commander of Fort Telemaque was Mr. Calisthènes Fouchard.

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