- in 1804, Jean-Jacques
Dessalines took his old
master Dessalines into his
house and gave him a job.[citation needed]
Dessalines was
married to Marie-Claire...
-
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...
- 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
February 25, 1805,
Dessalines at the head of 30,000 men
captured Santiago. On the...
-
Jacques Dessalines led the
fight to
defeat the
French forces. The
French withdrew their 7,000
surviving troops in late 1803. As leader,
Dessalines declared...
-
prevented from
doing so. On 1
January 1804,
Dessalines proclaimed Haiti an
independent nation. In mid-February,
Dessalines told some
cities (Léogâne, Jacmel, Les...
- prologue. It has one signatory, Jean-Jacques
Dessalines, the
senior general and a
former slave. Due to
Dessalines being illiterate and
unable to
speak French...
- Jean-Jacques
Dessalines.
Predated by
insurrectionists such as François Mackandal,
Vincent Ogé and
Dutty Boukman,
Toussaint Louverture,
succeeded by
Dessalines, led...
