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Politicians assassinated in the 1800s

  • 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.
  • Paul I of RussiaIn 1762, eight-year-old Paul Petrovich lay unnoticed on the floor of his nursery after falling from a crib. Empress Elizabeth had taken him immediately after…