Statecraft & Independence
Distinguished
Sanité Bélair
1781 – 1802
Revolutionary officer executed by the French
Distinguished is level 3 of 4 in the Haiti Hall of Fame: sustained excellence over a career, widely honoured at home. See how the levels work.
Why they are here
A lieutenant in Toussaint Louverture's army who fought the French expedition of 1802 and was executed alongside her husband.
Bélair refused to be blindfolded before the firing squad. She is one of the heroines of Haitian independence and appeared on the ten-gourde note.
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