Haitian Chiefs of State
Jan 1804-Oct 1806
Dessalines, Jean-Jacques(Bossale)
( (Born c. 1758, West Africa—died October 17, 1806, Pont Rouge. Became Emperor Jacques I, September 1804-October 1806.)
Dessalines, Jean-Jacques(Bossale)
( (Born c. 1758, West Africa—died October 17, 1806, Pont Rouge. Became Emperor Jacques I, September 1804-October 1806.)
Jan 1807-October 1820
Christophe, Henry (Bossale?)
(Born Oct. 6, 1767, Grenada?—died Oct. 8, 1820, Milot. Became King Henry I, March 1811-October 1820; overlapped regimes of Petion et Boyer.)
March 1807-March 1818
Alexandre Sabès Pétion (Creole)
(born April 2, 1770, Port-au-Prince, Haiti—died March 29, 1818, Port-au-Prince),
March 1818-February 1843
Boyer, Jean-Pierre (Creole)
(born 1776, Port-au-Prince, Haiti—died July 9, 1850, Paris)
December, 1843-May, 1844
Hérard, Charles Rivière (Creole)
(Born:September 20, 1789 Birthplace: Port Salut, Sud, Haiti Death: August 31, 1850 (60)
May, 1844-April, 1845
Guerrier, Philippe
(Born: Dec 19, 1757, Grande-Rivière-du-Nord, Saint-Domingue; Died: April 15, 1845 (aged 87) in Saint-Marc, Haiti)
April, 1845- March, 1846
Pierrot, Jean-Louis
(Born: December 1761 Acul-du-Nord, Saint-Domingue; Died: February 1857 (aged 95) Acul-du-Nord, Haiti.)
March,1846 – February, 1847
Riche, Jean-Baptiste
More to come.
March, 1847 – January, 1859
Soulouque, Faustin
Became Emperor Faustin I, August 1849 – January 1859
January, 1859 – March, 1857
Geffrard, Fabre Nicolas
(Born: September 23, 1806, Anse-a-Veau, Haiti; Died: December 31, 1878, Kingston, Jamaica.) –This is Geffrard’s Invitation to enslaved African-Americans to emigrate to Haiti in the 1860s: “Hayti will soon regain her ancient splendor. Hayti is the common country of the black race. Listen . . . all ye negroes and mulattoes who, in the vast continent of America, suffer from the prejudices of caste, the Republic calls you; she invites you to bring to her your arms and your m
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