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Jean-Jacques Dessalines: Quick Facts

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Also Known As Jacques I
Born c.1758 • western Africa
Died October 17, 1806 • Haiti
Title / Office emperor (1804-1806), Haiti • governor (1803-1804), Saint-Domingue
Role In Haitian Revolution

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Engraving of Emperor Jean-Jacques Dessalines of Haiti in a blue military uniform with gold trim, shown from the waist up in an oval frame above a name plaque.
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