Jean Jacques Dessalines

Jean Jacques Dessalines (1758-1806), emperor of Hayti, born in Guinea, West Africa, a negro imported into Hayti as a slave. On the emancipation of the slaves there he acquired great influence among the insurgents, and by his cruelties compelled the French to quit the island, upon which he was raised to the governorship, and by-and-by was able to declare himself emperor, but his tyranny provoked a revolt, in which he perished.

Wisdom & Quotes

• We have dared to be free. Let us dare to be so by ourselves and for ourselves.

Pahn Huy Ich