1804 Haitian massacre
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The 1804 Haiti massacre was a genocide carried out by Afro-Haitian soldiers, mostly former slaves, under orders from Jean-Jacques Dessalines against much of the remaining European population in Haiti,
General Jean-Jacques Dessalines holding a white woman's severed head
"Burning of the Plaine du Cap – Massacre of whites by the blacks." On August 22, 1791, slaves destroyed plantations in Le Cap, and killed all the French population in the region.
Woman killed and mutilated in the massacre with her child perishing from starvation
Haitian Revolution
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The Haitian Revolution, also known as the Haitian War of Independence, was a successful insurrection by enslaved Africans against French colonial rule in Saint-Domingue, now the sovereign state of Hai
1804 Haitian massacre
…slaves, under orders from Jean-Jacques Dessalines against much of the remaining European population in Haiti, which mainly included French people. The Haitian Revolution defeated the French army in November 1803 and the Haitian Declaration of Independence happened on 1 January 1804. From February 1804 until 22 April…
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Révolte des esclaves contre les armées envoyées par Napoléon Bonaparte lors de l'expédition de Saint Domingue entre 1801 et 1803. Gravure du XI Xe siècle
Portrait of Jean-Baptiste Belley by Anne-Louis Girodet de Roussy-Trioson, 1797