The three Sans Soucis: Sanssouci palace, Potsdam (Frederick the Great, 1745-47); Sans-Souci palace, Milot, Haiti (Henri Christophe, 1810-13); Jean-Baptiste Sans…
Year: 1745 · Places: Ayiti, Europe
SUMMARYThe three Sans Soucis: Sanssouci palace, Potsdam (Frederick the Great, 1745-47); Sans-Souci palace, Milot, Haiti (Henri Christophe, 1810-13); Jean-Baptiste Sans Souci, Kongo-born revolutionary commander killed on Christophe's orders in 1803. Michel-Rolph Trouillot, Silencing the Past (1995), chapter "The Three Faces of Sans Souci": the palace name buried the murdered general's memory under a European king's name. Record. ANCHOR RECEIPT for the Phantom Ledger: a documented case of duplication used to overwrite history.