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.
Aliases (3)
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Haitian military leader
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head of state → person → revolutionary → |
| causeOfDeath |
gunshot wound
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| commemoratedBy |
Haiti’s national holiday Dessalines Day
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| continentOfBirth |
North America
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| country |
Haiti
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| countryOfBirth |
French colony of Saint-Domingue
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| countryOfCitizenship |
Haiti
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| dateOfBirth |
circa 1758
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| dateOfDeath |
1806-10-17
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| dateOfIndependenceDeclaration |
1804-01-01
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| declaredIndependenceOf |
Haiti
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| ethnicGroup |
Afro-Haitian
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| familyName |
Dessalines
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| givenName |
Jean-Jacques
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| hasMonument |
statue at Pont Rouge
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statue in Port-au-Prince → |
| headOfGovernmentOf |
Haiti
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| honorificTitle |
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
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| militaryBranch |
Haitian revolutionary army
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| militaryRank |
general
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| monarchOf |
Haiti
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| movement |
Haitian independence movement
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anti-slavery movement → |
| nobleTitle |
Emperor
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| notableFor |
declaring Haiti’s independence from France
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leading the final phase of the Haitian Revolution → |
| notableWork |
Haitian Declaration of Independence
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| opponent |
France
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French colonial forces → Napoleonic France → |
| participantIn |
Haitian Revolution
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War of Haitian Independence → |
| placeOfBirth |
Cotonou plantation
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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
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| reignEnd |
1806-10-17
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| reignStart |
1804-10-06
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| religion |
Roman Catholicism
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| royalTitle |
Emperor Jacques I
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| sexOrGender |
male
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| significantEvent |
Haitian Revolution
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| succeededBy |
Alexandre Pétion
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Henri Christophe → |
| title |
Jacques I
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Referenced by (9)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
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Haitian Declaration of Independence
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associatedLeader |
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Jean-Jacques Dessalines
("Dessalines")
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familyName |
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Latin American independence movements
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hasLeader |
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Jean-Jacques Dessalines
("Father of the Nation of Haiti")
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honorificTitle |
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Haitian Revolution
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keyFigure |
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Haitian Revolution
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leader |
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Haiti
("La Dessalinienne")
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nationalAnthem |
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French colony of Saint-Domingue
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notableLeaderAssociated |
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Haitian Declaration of Independence
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signedBy |