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- 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...
- Jean-Jacques Dessalines, the general who had captured Jacmel. The rebels took the capital of Port-au-Prince on October 17, 1803. Dessalines proclaimed independence...
- Both Louverture and Dessalines fought against the French expeditionary forces, but after the Battle of Crête-à-Pierrot, Dessalines defected from his long-time...
- prevented from doing so. On 1 January 1804, Dessalines proclaimed Haiti an independent nation. Mid-February, Dessalines told some cities (Léogâne, Jacmel, Les...
- Alcide Charles Victor Marie Dessalines d'Orbigny (6 September 1802 – 30 June 1857) was a French naturalist who made major contributions in many areas,...
- la Maguana-Azua-Baní-Saint-Domingue) commanded by Dessalines himself. On February 25, 1805, Dessalines at the head of 30,000 men captured Santiago. On the...
- 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...