Dessalines, Jean-Jacques, 1758-1806

[Jean-Jacques Dessalines (20 September 1758 - 17 October 1806) was a Haitian revolutionary, the leader of the Haitian Revolution, and the first ruler of an independent Haiti under the 1805 constitution. He was later named Emperor of Haiti as Jacques I (1804-1806).]

found: Franco, F.J. Haiti, de Dessalines a nuestros días, 1988:p. 9 (Jean Jacques Dessalines)

found: LC data base, 04-19-89(hdg.: Dessalines, Jean Jacques, Emperor of Haiti, 1758-1806)

found: Lois et actes sous le règne de Jean Jacques Dessalines, 2006:t.p. verso (l'Empereur Jacques Premier)

found: Africana: The Encyclopedia of the African and African American Experience, Second Edition, accessed April 17, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database:(Dessalines, Jean-Jacques; king, revolutionary, slave; born 1758 in Haiti; runaway slave at a young age; became a partisan of the slave uprising (1792); became Toussaint Louverture's second in command (1793) and helped him consolidate control of the island; promoted to general and made governor of the southern portion of the island; initiated a new rebellion that ended successfully (1804) and declared Haiti independent from France; renamed the country Haiti and appointed\ himself governor for life; proclaimed himself Emperor Jacques I of Haiti (1804); was assassinated and died 1806 in Haiti)

found: Bibliothèque nationale de France WWW auth. file, Oct. 18, 2019(hdg.: Dessalines, Jean-Jacques, 1758-1806 ; b.: Sept. 20, 1758, Equatorial Guinea ; d.: Oct. 17, 1806, Haiti ; nat.: Haiti ; Revolutionary black Haitian, self-proclaimed Emperor of Haiti (1804-1806))

[Jean-Jacques Dessalines (20 September 1758 - 17 October 1806) was a Haitian revolutionary, the leader of the Haitian Revolution, and the first ruler of an independent Haiti under the 1805 constitution. He was later named Emperor of Haiti as Jacques I (1804-1806).]