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Biography of Joan Jacques Dessalines
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Jean Jacques Dessalines (1758-1806) was a Haitian nationalist and the first ruler of a free Haiti. Although he was a courageous military leader during the war of independence, he failed as an administrator and statesman. There is little detailed...


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Jean-Jacques Dessalines Information
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"Jacques I" redirects here. For the Prince of Monaco. see Jacques I, Prince of Monaco. Jean-Jacques Dessalines (September 20, 1758 – October 17, 1806) was a leader of the Haitian Revolution and the first ruler of an independent Haiti under the...


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Journal of American Folklore
Recombinant Mythology and the Alchemy of Memory: Occide Jeanty, Ogou, and Jean-Jacques Dessalines in Haiti
07/01/2005: 13,053 words, approx. 44 pages
During the first United States occupation of Haiti, from 1915 to 1934, Haitian band composer Occide Jeanty wrote compositions for the Haitian Presidential Band that contained culturally encoded critiques of U.S. occupation forces. In his compositions, Jeanty invoked the legend of Haitian general Jean-Jacques...
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The Southern Review
Jean-Jacques: The Early Life and Work of Jean-Jacques Rousseau, 1712-1754. (book reviews)
06/22/1997: 3,107 words, approx. 10 pages
Choosing five recent (and excellent) books(*) from a vast secondary literature -- with an eye to their usefulness as structuring element rather than with the intent to render exact critical judgement -- I will argue in this essay that in the works of three...
 


 

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