Emperor Jacques I of Hayti: Leader of the First Nation to Permanently Ban Slavery

Emperor Jacques I of Hayti: Leader of the First Nation to Permanently Ban Slavery. By Julia Gaffield This post is a part of the 2026 Selected Papers of the Consortium on the Revolutionary Era, which were edited and compiled by members of the CRE’s board alongside editors at Age of Revolutions. Jean-Jacques Dessalines was a leader of the Haitian Revolution, he was the man who declared Haitian independence, and […]