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18th-century rebels

  • Jean-Jacques DessalinesJean-Jacques Duclos was born into slavery on the 20th of September 1758 at Cormier, a plantation near Grande-Riviere-du-Nord in Saint-Domingue.
  • Toussaint LouvertureFrançois-Dominique Toussaint Louverture was born on the 20th of May 1743 into slavery at the Bréda plantation in Haut-du-Cap, Saint-Domingue.