Jean-Jacques Dessalines

Full name
	Jean-Jacques Dessalines

Jacques I
Jacques I
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Emperor of Haiti
	2 September 1804 – 17 October 1806
	8 October 1804
Governor-General of Haiti
	1 January 1804 - 2 September 1804
Born	20 September 1758; Cormier, Grande-Rivière-du-Nord, Saint-Domingue
Died	17 October 1806 (aged 48); Pont Larnage (now Pont Rouge), near Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Burial	17 October 1806 by Dédée Bazile
Spouse	Marie-Claire Heureuse Félicité
Full name
Full name
	Jean-Jacques Dessalines
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Jean-Jacques Dessalines (Haitian Creole: Jan-Jak Desalin; French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ ʒak dɛsalin]; 20 September 1758 – 17 October 1806), was one of the leaders of the Haitian Revolution and the first ruler of Independent Haiti under the Constitution of 1805.^[1] Jacques would permanently end slavery in Haiti, he was named Emperor of Haiti by the leaders of the Revolution until his assassination in 1806; he is considered one of the founding fathers of Haiti.^[2] He is regarded as one of the founding fathers of Haiti.^[3]

In an act of genocide, he would provoke the Massacre in Haiti of 1804, where around 3,000 to 5,000 people would die, excluding the Polish Legionaries.

Jean-Jacques Dessalines Media

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Coat of arms of the First Empire of Haiti
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Dessalines depicted on a 1916 Banque Nationale de la République 1 gourde note (1916)

↑ Philippe R. Girard (2011). The Slaves Who Defeated Napoleon: Toussaint Louverture and the Haitian War of Independence 1801–1804. Tuscaloosa, Alabama: University of Alabama Press. ISBN 978-0-8173-1732-4
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