Description: Fordi9.com is intended to introduce Fort-Dimanche, the most infamous political prison in Haiti during the Duvalier's era (1957-1986). Fordi9 claims to immortalize in its chronicle the thousands who suffered or perished in that inferno, along with those victimized by these repressive governments.
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Jean used to exhibit paintings at museums in Chicago and in New York. He studied Jewelry-Making in Mexico, met Winifred Mason a famous American coppersmith that he married later on in Haiti. They moved to New York and settled there for a while. They returned to Haiti and lived in Mariani, a southern locality of Port-au- Prince. They opened a jewelry shop and a factory for creating their custom-jewelry that they supplied to Haitian stores, such as La Belle Creole . They also supplied different stores in th
1963. Another traumatizing year for the Haitian people. Acts of political repression, arson and murder instigated by President Duvalier's merciless Tonton Macoutes, increased exponentially to the extent that theUnited States naval force stood at alert in international waters off Haiti , ready to evacuate the American living there when the situation deteriorated further. During the early hours of one April morning, Jean was summoned by a group of the Duvalier henchmen to step out of his house and told his
More info with an interview of Jacques Chenet one of Jean's brother. http://www.modernsilver.com/chenet/jacqueschenetinterview.htm