The Haitian Declaration of Independence was proclaimed on 1 January 1804 in the port city of Gonaïves by Jean-Jacques Dessalines, marking the end of 13-year long Haitian Revolution. The declaration ma
Poster of the Haitian Declaration of Independence
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,
Haitian Declaration of Independence
…birth; we must take any hope of re-enslaving us away from the inhuman government …. In the end we must live independent or die. These words presaged the 1804 Haiti massacre, which was supervised by Dessalines. Philippe Girard, a Guadeloupean academic, has noted that the document is multi-layered with references to six…
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