Jean-Jacques Dessalines
Jean-Jacques Dessalines (20 September 1758 – 17 October 1806) was a leader of the Haitian Revolution. He was the first ruler of an independent Haiti under the 1805 constitution. He ordered the 1804 Haiti massacre of French settlers in Haiti, resulting in the deaths of between 3,000 and 5,000 people. He ruled in that capacity until being assassinated in 1806.
