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Jean-Jacques Dessalines, également connu sous le nom de Jacques I er, né le 20 septembre 1758, sur l'Habitation Vye Kay (à Grande-Rivière-du-Nord) et mort assassiné le 17 octobre 1806 à Pont-Rouge (aujourd'hui Port-au-Prince), est un esclave affranchi, officier militaire français puis insurgé, et enfin 1 er empereur d'Haïti.. Sous la Révolution française, affranchi lors de l ...
Originaire d'Afrique de l'Ouest, Jean-Jacques Dessalines est déporté dans la colonie française de Saint-Domingue (Haïti). Il travaille comme esclave dans les champs pour un maître noir jusqu'en 1791, avant de rejoindre la rébellion noire qui éclate dans la colonie à la faveur des mouvements d'émancipation provoqués par la Révolution ...
Jean-Jacques Dessalines's origins are somewhat unclear. He was most likely born a slave in Grande-Riviere-du-Nord, Haiti, but there is also speculation that he was born in West Africa around 1758. In either case, he lived out the early part of his life as a slave to a free black, serving as a coachman. He escaped slavery in 1791 and joined the ...
2 de abr. de 2014 · Jean-Jacques Dessalines’ biography is a mix of legend and history. Haitian tradition says he was born in central West Africa and transported as a slave to Sant-Domingue, (Haiti) in the French ...
1 de ago. de 2007 · Jean-Jacques Dessalines (Louis Rigaud, 1800s) Reviled for his brutality yet honored as one of the founding fathers of Haiti, Jean-Jacques Dessalines was second in command under Toussaint L’Overture during the Haitian Revolution and was the general who emerged after L’Overture’s capture to lead the insurgents in declaring Haitian ...
31 de mar. de 2015 · The following is an entry on Dessalines that I wrote for the Dictionary of Caribbean and Afro-Latin American Biography. I hope it's helpful for anyone teaching the Revolution--comments, corrections, and additional information are most welcome! Dessalines, Jean-Jacques (c. 1758-1806), former slave, general in the Haitian Revolution, first leader of independent Haiti, and a lwa in the…
Mas hoje também é um momento para lembrar Jean-Jacques Dessalines, um líder militar, político e um herói da Revolução há muito negligenciado, que realmente declarou a independência do Haiti. Nascido na escravidão em Saint-Domingue (nome colonial do Haiti), ele se juntou à revolução em 1791 e acabou se tornando o primeiro chefe de ...
