Jean-Jacques Dessalines
Jean-Jacques Dessalines was a formerly enslaved man who became one of Toussaint Louverture's generals and led the final campaign that expelled Napoleon's expedition from Saint-Domingue. On 1 January 1804 he proclaimed Haitian independence, the first Black republic. He ruled as Emperor Jacques I until his assassination in 1806.
- Lived: 1758 CE – 1806 CE
- Nationality: haitian
- Roles: military_leader, head_of_state, emperor
