- Jean-Jacques
Dessalines (Haitian Creole: Jan-Jak Desalin;
French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ ʒak dɛsalin]; 20
September 1758 – 17
October 1806) was the
first Haitian...
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Dessalines can
refer to: Jean-Jacques
Dessalines, a
general and
statesman of Haiti. La Dessalinienne, the
national anthem of
Haiti named in his honor....
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Dessalines (French pronunciation: [dɛsalin];
Haitian Creole: Desalin)
usually referred to as Marchand-
Dessalines (Haitian Creole:
Machan Desalin), is a...
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Dessaline Harris (1
October 1895 - 29
March 1966) was a
Liberian jurist and a
member of the
Supreme Court of Liberia. Born at
Buchanan in
Grand B****a...
- Afro-Haitian soldiers,
mostly former slaves,
under orders from Jean-Jacques
Dessalines against much of the
remaining European po****tion in Haiti,
which mainly...
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Dessaline is a
village in the Les
Cayes commune of the Les
Cayes Arrondis****t, in the Sud
department of Haiti. "Location" (Map).
Google Maps. Retrieved...
- 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...
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independence on 1
January 1804. The Governor-General of Haiti, Jean-Jacques
Dessalines,
created the
empire on 22
September 1804.
After being proclaimed emperor...
- "La Dessalinienne" (pronounced [la dɛsalinjɛn]; lit. ''The
Dessaline'') is the
national anthem of Haiti. This
march was
written by
Justin Lhérisson and...
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revolutionary quartet that also
includes Toussaint Louverture, Jean-Jacques
Dessalines, and his
later rival Henri Christophe.
Regarded as an
excellent artilleryman...
