Haitian Legends - Jean-Jacques Dessalines - Born around 1758, in Africa, Jean-Jacques Dessalines was enslaved in the French colony of Saint-Domingue. He served as a lieutenant under Toussaint L'Ouverture after the 1791
The Haitian American - On this day Oct. 17, 1806, Jean-Jacques Dessalines, leader of the Haitian Revolution and first ruler of an independent Haiti, was assassinated in Pont Larnage (now Pont Rouge),
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Haiti - Social : 263rd anniversary of the birth of Emperor Jean-Jacques Dessalines - HaitiLibre.com : Haiti news 7/7
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