Magloire Ambroise

Magloire Ambroise (1774 in Jacmel, Saint-Domingue – December 7, 1807 in Port-au-Prince), was a hero of the Haitian Independence.

[1] During the War of Knives between Toussaint Louverture in the North against the mulattoes leader André Rigaud in the South (1799–1801), Magloire saved the lives of hundred of respected families in Jacmel.

In February 1806, by the order of Dessalines, Magloire Ambroise received Francisco de Miranda (a South American leader who fought to liberate Latin America from Spanish rule) and gave Miranda munitions and men to fight the Spaniards.

the following month, March 12, 1806, the Venezuelan flag was born in the harbor of Jacmel.

Notice also the Venezuelan flag has red and blue which symbolizes their friendship with Haiti.