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1804 Haiti Massacre
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1804 Haiti Massacre
Jean-Jacques Dessalines
By the order of Jean-Jacques Dessalines
Cruel Truth
The 1804 Haiti Massacre was a genocide, which was carried out against the remaining white population of Franco-Haitians in Haiti by the black population.
Squads of soldiers moved from house to house, killing entire families. Even whites who had been friendly and sympathetic to the black population were imprisoned and later killed. A second wave of massacres targeted white women and children.
Jean-Jacques Dessalines
-Was a leader of the Haitian Revolution
-The first ruler of an independent Haiti under the 1801 constitution (Initially regarded as governor-general, Dessalines later named himself Emperor Jacques I of Haiti from 1804–1806).
-He is regarded as a founding father of Haiti.
No Denial
Dessalines did not try to hide the massacre from the world. In an official proclamation of 8 April 1804, he stated, "We have given these true cannibals war for war, crime for crime, outrage for outrage. Yes, I have saved my country, I have avenged America". He referred to the massacre as an act of national authority.
The Massacre:
When, Where, and Who?
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Boisrond-Tonnerre
Dessalines was eager to assure that Haiti was not a threat to other nations and that it sought to establish friendly relations also to nations where slavery was still allowed.
"For our declaration of independence, we should have the skin of a white man for parchment, his skull for an inkwell, his blood for ink, and a bayonet for a pen!"
The massacre, which took place in the entire territory of Haiti, was carried out from early February 1804 until 22 April 1804, and resulted in the deaths of between 3,000 to 5,000 people of all ages and genders.
In the 1805 constitution, all citizens were defined as "black", and white men were banned from owning land.
Resulted in the death of 3,000 and 5,000 people, between February and April 1804