Thanks to Park Street's extensive import network, King Henri Christophe Spirits will now be able to import large volumes of its handcrafted Haitian spirit—produced at its distilleries near the ...

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JANUARY 1ST SIGNIFIES THE START OF A NEW CALENDAR YEAR. AND FOR THE HAITIAN COMMUNITY, A COMMEMORATION OF INDEPENDENCE FROM FRENCH RULE. HAITI WAS THE FIRST NATION TO BE FOUNDED BY FORMERLY ENSLAVED ...

Marlene Daut’s deep dive into Haiti’s first — and only — king reads like a historical novel of a bygone era with Black princes and knights, an elaborate dress code and a palace, Sans-Souci, to match.

Once upon a time, even the wild story of a 12-year-old American Revolutionary drummer boy becoming King of Haiti couldn’t interest Americans because he – along with his fellow soldiers – was black. As ...

Henri Christophe, the first king of Haiti who implemented a monarchy in the North of Haiti in 1811 while his rival Alexandre Pétion implemented a democracy in the South, remains undoubtedly one of the ...

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MIAMI, Feb. 5, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Park Street Imports, a leading U.S. alcohol distribution company, has entered a lucrative partnership worth 100 million USD with King Henri Christophe Spirits LLC.

MIAMI, Feb. 5, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Park Street Imports, a leading U.S. alcohol distribution company, has entered a lucrative partnership worth 100 million USD with King Henri Christophe Spirits LLC.