Jean-Jacques Dessalines
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Jean-Jacques Dessalines was a Haitian revolutionary leader and the first ruler of independent Haiti, renowned for leading the final phase of the Haitian Revolution and declaring the country’s independence from France in 1804.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Jean-Jacques Dessalines canonical | 24 |
| Dessalines | 2 |
| Father of the Nation of Haiti | 1 |
| La Dessalinienne | 1 |
Statements (58)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Haitian military leader
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head of state ⓘ person ⓘ revolutionary ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | gunshot wound ⓘ |
| commemoratedBy | Haiti’s national holiday Dessalines Day ⓘ |
| continentOfBirth | North America ⓘ |
| country | Haiti ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | French colony of Saint-Domingue ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Haiti ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | circa 1758 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1806-10-17 ⓘ |
| dateOfIndependenceDeclaration | 1804-01-01 ⓘ |
| declaredIndependenceOf | Haiti ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Afro-Haitian ⓘ |
| familyName |
Jean-Jacques Dessalines
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surface form:
Dessalines
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| givenName |
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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surface form:
Jean-Jacques
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| hasMonument |
statue at Pont Rouge
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statue in Port-au-Prince ⓘ |
| headOfGovernmentOf | Haiti ⓘ |
| honorificTitle |
Jean-Jacques Dessalines
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surface form:
Father of the Nation of Haiti
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| knownFor |
abolishing slavery in Haiti
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being the first ruler of independent Haiti ⓘ founding the first Black republic in the Americas ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
French
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Haitian Creole ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | assassination ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | Haitian revolutionary army ⓘ |
| militaryRank | general ⓘ |
| monarchOf | Haiti ⓘ |
| movement |
Haitian independence movement
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anti-slavery movement ⓘ |
| nobleTitle | Emperor ⓘ |
| notableFor |
declaring Haiti’s independence from France
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leading the final phase of the Haitian Revolution ⓘ |
| notableWork | Haitian Declaration of Independence ⓘ |
| opponent |
France
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French colonial forces ⓘ First French Empire ⓘ
surface form:
Napoleonic France
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| participantIn |
Haitian Revolution
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Haitian Revolution ⓘ
surface form:
War of Haitian Independence
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| placeOfBirth |
Cotonou plantation
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French colony of Saint-Domingue ⓘ
surface form:
Saint-Domingue
near Grande-Rivière-du-Nord ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Pont Rouge
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near Port-au-Prince ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Emperor of Haiti
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Head of State of Haiti ⓘ |
| precededBy | French colonial administration in Saint-Domingue ⓘ |
| reignEnd | 1806-10-17 ⓘ |
| reignStart | 1804-10-06 ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| royalTitle | Emperor Jacques I ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| significantEvent | Haitian Revolution ⓘ |
| succeededBy |
Alexandre Pétion
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Henri Christophe ⓘ |
| title | Jacques I ⓘ |
Referenced by (28)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
La Dessalinienne
this entity surface form:
Dessalines
this entity surface form:
Father of the Nation of Haiti
this entity surface form:
Dessalines