| Circulating Specimen, Issued 1982 Pick Catalogue value US$100.00. |
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| Jean-Jacques Dessalines | ||
| Jean-Jacques Dessalines (20/09/1758 - 17/10/1806)
was born into slavery on a plantation in
Cormier, near the town of Grande-Rivière-du-Nord.
He was a leader of the Haitian Revolution
and the first ruler of an independent Haiti
as Governor-General and later Emperor Jacques
I of Haiti (1804–1806). He is remembered
as one of the founding fathers of Haiti. Dessalines served as an officer in the French army and later rose to become a commander in the revolt against the same colonial power. Following the defeat of the French colonial army of Napoleon Bonaparte, on 04/12/1803, from the city of Gonaïves, Dessalines officially declared independence for his nation on 01/01/1804 and renaming it "Haiti" after the indigenous Arawak name. He had served as Governor-General of Saint-Domingue (Haiti) from 30/11/1803 to 31/12/1803. After the declaration of independence, he became Governor-General-for-life of Haiti and served in that role until 22/09/1804, when he proclaimed himself Emperor of Haiti. He was crowned Emperor Jacques I in a coronation ceremony on 06/10/1804 in the city of Cap. Emperor Dessalines was assassinated at Pont-Rouge, north of the capital city, Port-au-Prince, on October 17, 1806 while on his way to fight the rebels who were opposing his rule. |
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