Jean-Jacques Dessalines
Jean-Jacques Dessalines (20 September 1758 – 17 October 1806) was a leader of the Haitian Revolution and the first ruler of an independent Haiti. Initially a Governor-General of Saint-Domingue, Dessalines crowned himself Emperor Jacques I of Haiti in 1804.
Biography[edit | edit source]
Initially a lieutenant under Toussaint Louverture, Dessalines attacked and overwhelmed the French general Rochambeau at Vertieres. Rochambeau pulled his forces out of Vertieres, realizing the colony was lost to France.[1]
On 1 January 1804, Dessalines became the new leader of Saint-Domingue and declared it a free republic, before ordering the extermination of thousands of French people still living in the new country. The Assassin Eseosa, who had initially started the revolution, planned to assassinate Dessalines for his crimes after his training under Ratonhnhaké:ton.[1]
Appearances[edit | edit source]
- Assassin's Creed: Initiates (mentioned only)
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Assassin's Creed: Initiates – Letters to the Dead: "What Price Freedom"