Jacques [Jean-Jacques Dessalines] to John Downie, 15 August 1806, WO 1/75, The National Archives of the United Kingdom. Continue reading →

Jacques [Jean-Jacques Dessalines] to John Downie, 20 July 1806, WO 1/75, The National Archives of the United Kingdom [document in English] Continue reading →

Jean-Jacques Dessalines’s Nomination as Emperor, 15 February 1804, CO 137/113, The National Archives of the United Kingdom. (See Deborah Jenson’s work on the time lag to his coronation in October 1804) Continue reading →

Jean-Jacques Dessalines to the generals of the Armée Indigène, 1 April 1804, CO 137/111, The National Archives of the United Kingdom. Continue reading →

Jean-Jacques Dessalines to the Inhabitants of Haiti, 28 April 1804, CO 137/111, The National Archives of the United Kingdom. [transcription of the “I have Avenged America” speech]
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Jean-Jacques Dessalines to George Nugent, 26 February 1804, CO 137/111, The National Archives of the United Kingdom. [second letter on same day] Continue reading →

Jean-Jacques Dessalines to George Nugent, 26 February 1804, CO 137/111, The National Archives of the United Kingdom. Continue reading →

Jean-Jacques Dessalines to Edward Corbet, 12 February 1804, CO 137/111, The National Archives of the United Kingdom. Continue reading →

Jean-Jacques Dessalines, “Liberté ou la Mort,” [Haitian Declaration of Independence], 1 January 1804, CO 137/111, The National Archives of the United Kingdom. Continue reading →

Jean-Jacques Dessalines, “Journal tenu pendant l’expédition entreprise contre le Port-au-Prince, par le Général en chef de l’armée Indigène” and “Hymne Haytiène,” 10 Frimaire, an 12, CO 137/110, The National Archives of the United Kingdom. Continue reading →