Guy Joseph Bonnet (June 10, 1773 – January 9, 1843) was a
Haiti
Haiti (; ht, Ayiti ; French: ), officially the Republic of Haiti (); ) and formerly known as Hayti, is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean Sea, east of Cuba and Jamaica, and ...
an historian and a major general of the Army of the
Republic of Haiti. He was one of the signers of the
Haitian Act of Independence
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, which formally declared Haiti independent from
French
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colonial rule. He is known for his historical book ''Souvenirs Historiques'' (''Historical Memories''), published posthumously in 1864.
He was
Minister of Finance from 1808 to 1810.
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1773 births
1843 deaths
19th-century Haitian historians
Haitian male writers
Haitian military personnel
Presidents of the Senate (Haiti)
Finance ministers of Haiti
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