Jean-Jacques Dessalines (c. 1758-1806) was a formerly enslaved military leader who became the first ruler of independent Haiti, the state that emerged from the Haitian Revolution. After the capture of Toussaint Louverture by French forces in 1802, Dessalines took command of the revolutionary army and led it to final victory over Napoleon's expeditionary force, declaring Haiti's independence on 1 January 1804, the first successful large-scale slave revolt to establish an independent state. He ruled first as governor-general and then as Emperor Jacques I, presiding over a government marked by land redistribution and harsh reprisals against the remaining French population, until he was assassinated in 1806 amid internal political conflict.
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RoleLeader of the Haitian Revolution and first ruler of independent Haiti; later Emperor of Haiti as Jacques I 1 Role
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Jean-Jacques Dessalines (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ ʒak dɛsalin]; Haitian Creole: Jan-Jak Desalin; 20 September 1758 - 17 October 1806) was the first Haitian Emperor, leader of the Haitian Revolution, and the first ruler of an independent Haiti under the 1805 constitution.
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Jean-Jacques Dessalines (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ ʒak dɛsalin]; Haitian Creole: Jan-Jak Desalin; 20 September 1758 - 17 October 1806) was the first Haitian Emperor, leader of the Haitian Revolution, and the first ruler of an independent Haiti under the 1805 constitution.
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Jean-Jacques Dessalines (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ ʒak dɛsalin]; Haitian Creole: Jan-Jak Desalin; 20 September 1758 - 17 October 1806) was the first Haitian Emperor, leader of the Haitian Revolution, and the first ruler of an independent Haiti under the 1805 constitution.
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Jean-Jacques Dessalines (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ ʒak dɛsalin]; Haitian Creole: Jan-Jak Desalin; 20 September 1758 - 17 October 1806) was the first Haitian Emperor, leader of the Haitian Revolution, and the first ruler of an independent Haiti under the 1805 constitution.
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was the first Haitian Emperor, leader of the Haitian Revolution, and the first ruler of an independent Haiti under the 1805 constitution.
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Dessalines was later named Emperor of Haiti as Jacques I (1804-1806) by generals of the Haitian Revolutionary army
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He ruled first as governor-general and then as Emperor Jacques I, presiding over a government marked by land redistribution and harsh reprisals against the remaining French population, until he was assassinated in 1806 amid internal political conflict.
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Jean-Jacques Dessalines (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ ʒak dɛsalin]; Haitian Creole: Jan-Jak Desalin; 20 September 1758 - 17 October 1806) was the first Haitian Emperor, leader of the Haitian Revolution, and the first ruler of an independent Haiti under the 1805 constitution.
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1791-1793 1793-1798 1798-1801* Toussaint Louverture 1802-1804
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