Notes on JEAN PRICE-MARS AND HAITI

By Jacques C. Antoine

Notes by Bob Corbett, June 1, 1990

• p. 9 born: Oct. 15, 1876
  father: Jean Eleomont Mars Grand Riviere du Nord Protestant from American Negro Baptist
  mother: Fortuna Delcour Michel
  died: March 1, 1969 at age 93.
  lead: Time Aug. 3, 1970.

• p. 27 July 1885 he attended the National school of medicine
  Jan. 15, 1898 first ed. Journal des Etudients
  Price-Mars as co-editor.

• p. 43. Price-Mars came to St. Louis in 1904 for the world's fair. From here on Aug. 19, 1904 he first used his hyphenated name.

• p. 125 1922 Price-Mars and others founded: Society of Haitian History and Geography. still publishes

• p. 133-134 Superb poem calling Haitians to resist the occupation.

• p. 151. Price-Mars argues much like Nicholls' "The educated men of the past were primarily men of action." Price-Mars A Stage of Haitian Evolution contains a critique of Seabrook's The Magic Island. see p. 159-162.

• p. 178. Price-Mars was first director of The Haitian-American Institute.
  Some posts he held:
  Minister of Foreign affairs
  " " Education
  Ambassador to the DR
  Rep. to U.N.
  President of the U. of Haiti
  Ambassador to France under Francois Duvalier

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