Nicolas Geffrard (10 November 1761 - May 31, 1806) was a Haitian general, and a participant in the Haitian Revolution. He was a signatory to the Haitian Declaration of Independence.
Born on the Périgny estate in Camp-Perrin, Geffrard was one of seven children born to Nicolas Geffrard pere and Julie Coudro, [1] alongside Mathurin, Fénélon, Marie-Anne, Marie Catherine, Louis and Jacques.[ citation needed ]
After Haiti's independence, was made military head of the southern peninsula, where he supervised the construction of the Fort des Platons (today in the town of Torbeck).[ citation needed ]
Jean-Jacques Dessalines sent General Nicolas Geffrard to put down the last uprisings of the supporters of Lamour Desrances in Jacmel. Lamour Desrances was arrested and his forces annihilated. Jean-Jacques Dessalines thus became master of the situation with 15,000 troops.[ citation needed ]
Geffrard was the father of:
Through this brother Fénélon, Nicolas was the uncle of the musician Nicolas Fénélon Geffrard, the co-writer of "La Dessalinienne"; it became the national anthem of Haiti in 1904.