- Governor-for-Life in 1804, Jean-Jacques
Dessalines took his old
master Dessalines into his
house and gave him a job.
Dessalines was
married to Marie-Claire Heureuse...
-
Dessalines (French pronunciation: [dɛsalin];
Haitian Creole: Desalin)
usually referred to as Marchand-
Dessalines (Haitian Creole:
Machan Desalin), is a...
-
Dessalines can
refer to: Jean-Jacques
Dessalines, a
general and
statesman of Haiti. La Dessalinienne, the
national anthem of
Haiti named in his honor....
- he left
Dessalines in
command of Crête-à-Pierrot, who from his
fastness could see
three French columns converging on the fort.
Dessalines appeared before...
-
prevented from
doing so. On 1
January 1804,
Dessalines proclaimed Haiti an
independent nation. Mid-February,
Dessalines told some
cities (Léogâne, Jacmel, Les...
- Both
Louverture and
Dessalines fought against the
French expeditionary forces, but
after the
Battle of Crête-à-Pierrot,
Dessalines defected from his long-time...
- la Maguana-Azua-Baní-Saint-Domingue)
commanded by
Dessalines himself. On 25
February 1805,
Dessalines at the head of 30,000 men
captured Santiago. On the...
-
Pitit Desalin (English:
Child of
Dessalines Platform),
named after Haitian revolutionary leader Jean-Jacques
Dessalines, is a
Haitian political party led...
- 28
September 2015. Gaffield,
Julia (16
October 2015). "Julia Gaffield:
Dessalines Day,
October 17".
University of
North Carolina Press.
Retrieved 16 October...
- Jean-Jacques
Dessalines on 1
January 1804 in Gonaïves and he was
proclaimed "Emperor for Life" as
Emperor Jacques I by his troops.
Dessalines at
first offered...
