Who is 'Monsieur Polinice'?

Subject: Who is 'Monsieur Polinice'?
From: meself
Date: 21 Nov 21 - 02:50 PM

In the second sentence of an essay on his research in Haiti (part of a book linked to on this site somewhere, I believe), Alan Lomax writes, "Let Monsieur Polinice limp along under the baggage!" Is this a reference that anyone with a smidgeon of education should recognize - or is 'Polinice' simply to be taken as a common or characteristic Haitian name? Anyone know?

https://www.academia.edu/26554786/_Cohen_Alan_Lomax_Selected_Writings_1934-1997_BookZZ.org_?email_work_card=view-paper p. 33

Subject: RE: Who is 'Monsieur Polinice'?
From: meself
Date: 21 Nov 21 - 02:53 PM

Whoops! Just read a little further, and discovered what I missed in merely skimming a little further: that Monsieur Polinice is the name of a fellow traveller ... or porter ... haven't worked it out yet.

Mudelves: feel free to delete this unnecessary thread.