{"id":6475,"date":"2007-06-02T10:49:40","date_gmt":"2007-06-02T14:49:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/haiti-reference.com\/pages\/?p=6475"},"modified":"2021-03-23T20:13:33","modified_gmt":"2021-03-24T00:13:33","slug":"code-henry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.haiti-reference.info\/pages\/2007\/06\/02\/code-henry\/","title":{"rendered":"Le code Henry"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"HenriLe Code Henry, ce recueil de lois en vigueur dans le Royaume du Nord et publi\u00e9 en 1812 est devenu aujourd’hui un document rare, d’une valeur inestimable, et de grand int\u00e9r\u00eat pour les historiens et les chercheurs.<\/p>\n

Voyons un peu le contexte de sa publication et les raisons expliquant sa valeur.<\/p>\n

Nous sommes en Ha\u00efti au d\u00e9but de la deuxi\u00e8me d\u00e9cade du dix-neuvi\u00e8me si\u00e8cle. L\u2019union des anciens esclaves et des mul\u00e2tres qui avait rendu possible l\u2019\u00e9pop\u00e9e de 1804\u00b9, se fragmenta et deux gouvernements parall\u00e8les s\u2019\u00e9tablirent alors: l\u2019un dans l\u2019ouest et le sud avec Alexandre P\u00e9tion<\/a> pour chef d\u2019\u00e9tat, et l\u2019autre dans le Nord dirig\u00e9 par Henri Christophe<\/a> au titre de pr\u00e9sident d\u2019abord et de roi, lorsqu\u2019il y \u00e9tabli, en 1811, le royaume du Nord.<\/p>\n

\u00c9pris du syst\u00e8me britannique et fa\u00e7onnant son administration sur ce mod\u00e8le, Christophe qui dirigeait d\u2019une main de fer, se montra un dirigeant capable et m\u00e9thodique, d\u2019une fiert\u00e9 fr\u00f4lant presque la n\u00e9vrose, et ayant \u00e0 c\u0153ur le devenir de son royaume et l\u2019image projet\u00e9e \u00e0 l\u2019ext\u00e9rieur. Ces traits de caract\u00e8re expliquent la discipline exig\u00e9e non seulement de son arm\u00e9e, des membres de son conseil priv\u00e9 mais aussi de tous ses sujets; et les forts \u00e9rig\u00e9s, les lois publi\u00e9es, attestent de cette discipline.<\/p>\n

Apr\u00e8s seulement cinq ans de gouvernement, il avait r\u00e9ussi \u00e0 promulguer des lois sur presque tous les domaines et toutes les institutions de son royaume. En 1812, elles furent recueillies par le Conseil priv\u00e9 du roi et publi\u00e9es par ce dernier sous le nom de \u00ab Code Henry \u00bb.<\/p>\n

D\u2019apr\u00e8s l\u2019historien Ha\u00eftien, Thomas Madiou, pour \u00e9laborer ce
\ncode, une commission l\u00e9gislative avait \u00e9t\u00e9 cr\u00e9\u00e9e et charg\u00e9e de \u00ab pr\u00e9senter des projets de lois qui devaient \u00eatre discut\u00e9s au Conseil priv\u00e9 du roi et ensuite au grand conseil\u00a0\u00bb. Apr\u00e8s rapport du conseil priv\u00e9, ces \u00ab lois furent adopt\u00e9es par sa majest\u00e9 en vertu d\u2019un \u00e9dit du 20 f\u00e9vrier 1812 \u00bb\u00b9.<\/p>\n

La National Union Catalogue pre-1956 Imprints fait mention d\u2019un seul exemplaire qui se trouverait \u00e0 la Biblioth\u00e8que Municipale de New York (New York Public Library<\/a>)\u00b2. Le catalogue enligne n\u2019en fait pas mention et un biblioth\u00e9caire avec qui nous avons eu une conversation n\u2019a pu confirmer son existence dans cette institution.<\/p>\n

Max Bissainthe dans son Dictionnaire de bibliographie ha\u00eftienne<\/em> publi\u00e9 en 1851, a pu identifier, \u00e0 travers le monde trois exemplaires.<\/p>\n

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  1. La premi\u00e8re appartenait \u00e0 la Biblioth\u00e8que nationale d\u2019Ha\u00efti, perdue depuis lors;<\/li>\n
  2. La deuxi\u00e8me faisant partie de la collection de la British Library, quoique l’auteur affirme l’avoir \u00ab\u00a0vainement cherch\u00e9\u00a0\u00bb(4);<\/li>\n
  3. La derni\u00e8re se trouvant \u00e0 la Biblioth\u00e8que Municipale de Boston (Boston Public Library<\/a>)\u00b3.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Cette derni\u00e8re vient de le num\u00e9riser et le publier\u00a0en format DjVu<\/a>, PDF<\/a>, PDF noir et blanc<\/a>, fichier texte ascii<\/a>. Une initiative qui certainement fera les d\u00e9lices des \u00e9tudiants en droit, des historiens et des chercheurs.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

    C’est donc avec un r\u00e9el plaisir que nous annon\u00e7ons la publication num\u00e9rique du Code Henry publi\u00e9 en 1812 chez P. Roux, Imprimeur du Roi.<\/p>\n

    \u270d Notes:<\/p>\n

      \n
    1. Madiou, Thomas. Histoire d\u2019Ha\u00efti. Tome V : 1811-1818<\/em>. [Port-au-Prince: Editions Henri Deschamps, 1988, 62-63.<\/li>\n
    2. National Union Catalogue pre-1956 Imprints\u2026 <\/em>Vol. 226. London : Mansell, 1972, 404.<\/li>\n
    3. Bissainthe, Max. Dictionnaire de bibliographie ha\u00eftienne.<\/em> Washington, D.C. : Scarecrow Press, 1951, \u00a7808.<\/li>\n
    4. Les conservateurs des Collections canadiennes et cara\u00efb\u00e9ennes (Canadian and Caribbean Collections) et du D\u00e9partement des Manuscripts(Department of Manuscripts) de la British Library n’ont pas pu retracer le Code. Dans un message re\u00e7u du conservateur de la section des Manuscripts, nous lisons ce qui suit: \u00ab\u00a0There is the possibility that the Code is just one part of a larger manuscript relating to Haiti but \u2026 was not indexed. However, [He found] this possibility unlikely. Something as important as the Code would have been indexed separately if we had it.\u00a0\u00bb St John-McAlister, Michael. \u00ab\u00a0Regarding the Code Henry.\u00a0\u00bb E-mail to Jean Antoine: Mardi 19 Juin 2007.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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