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People of the Haitian Revolution

  • 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.
  • Charles Leclerc (general, born 1772)Charles Leclerc was born on the 17th of March 1772 in Pontoise, Île-de-France. He volunteered to join the French Royal Army in 1791 as a second lieutenant.
  • 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.