The following is a list of massacres that have occurred in Haiti (numbers may be approximate):
Name | Date | Location | Deaths | Notes |
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1804 Haiti massacre | February until April 1804 | All across the country | 3,000 to 5,000 | Genocide of Haiti's French population.[1] |
Virgins of Galindo | Several weeks after Haitian unification of 1822 | Santo Domingo, Haiti | 3 | Refers to three maiden sisters (aged 7–16) that were slaughtered and then raped and dismembered just right after the assassination of their father, at the Galindo Manor, located outside the city walls of Santo Domingo believed to be committed by Haitian occupation soldiers,[2] but some archives suggest it was done by civilian men on both sides of the island.[3][4] |
Massacre of the peasants of Mapou | July and August 1964 | Arrondissement of Belle-Anse, Southeast Haiti | 300-600 | In response to an incursion by 15 anti-Duvalier militants of the FARH (Forces Armées Révolutionnaires d’Haïti) on June 29, Haitian army and Tontons Macoutes (Volontaires de la Securite Nationale) killed several hundred residents of the towns of Thiotte, Grand-Gosier, Belle-Anse (Saltrou) and Anse-a-Pitres. The largest numbers of killings occurred in Mapou, a section of Belle-Anse, including at least 45 members of the Madoumbe family. Nineteen members of the family Fandal were shot, mainly in Thiotte. Government forces never successfully engaged the rebels, who abandoned their efforts in August 1964. Arbitrary executions continued to be frequent through 1965.[5] |
Jérémie Vespers | August through October 1964 | Jérémie, Grand Anse, Haiti | 27 | All members of several Jeremie families were executed in retaliation for the attempted guerrilla incursion in August by 13 members of "Jeune Haiti." Children and elderly people were amongst those murdered by the army and other elements of the Francois Duvalier regime. |
Jean-Rabel massacre | July 1987 | Jean-Rabel | 139-200[6][7] | Battle between wealthy landowners and a land-reform group.[7] |
Haitian general election, 1987 | November 1987 | All across the country | 30-300.[8] | Attacks on voters.[8] |
St. Jean Bosco massacre | September 1988 | Port-au-Prince | 13-150.[6][9] | Politically motivated attack on a church service, which was being led by future-President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, who was a priest at the time.[10] |
Raboteau massacre | April 1994 | Gonaïves | 8-15[11] | Massacre of civilian demonstrators.[12] |
2018 Port-au-Prince massacre | November 2018 | La Saline, Port-au-Prince | 15-25[13] | Massacre of civilians by masked men [14] |