Image Title:
Coronation of Emperor Jean-Jacques Dessalines (1758-1806)

Note:
“Dessalines was born into slavery in the French colony of Saint Dominque.  Born to Congolese parents, Dessalines was originally given the name Duclos, after the plantation’s owner.  He later adopted the surname Dessalines after the free black landowner who purchased him and from whom he escaped. Dessalines earned the nickname “the Tiger” for his fury in battle.” Blackpast.org 

Source:
Dubroca, Juan López Cancelada, and Mariano José de Zúñiga y Ontiveros. 1806. Vida de J.J. Dessalines, gefe de los negros de Santo Domingo; con notas muy circunstanciadas sobre el origen, carácter y atrocidades de los principales gefes de aquellos rebeldes desde el principio de la insurreccion en 1791. México: M. de Zúñiga y Ontiveros, pgs.82-83. Book at Google

Subject:
Royalty - Nobility - Caribbean - Haiti - Emperor - Coronation

Date:
1806

Rights:
Public Domain

Image:
SA-ROYHTI-1

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