1804-Apr
1804-Apr: Jean-Jacques Dessalines issued a proclamation expressing his desire to break the fetters of the enslaved people in Martinique.
1804-Apr: Jean-Jacques Dessalines issued a proclamation expressing his desire to break the fetters of the enslaved people in Martinique. He lamented that an insurmountable barrier prevented him from providing direct military assistance to those still groaning under French servitude.
Source · p. 74
Gaffield, Haitian Connections in the Atlantic World, 74