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1804-09-02

Dessalines had himself saluted as emperor by his staff and the 4th demi-brigade, before the act of acceptance, antedated to 15 February, was published.

Haitian

One sees, from this letter, that Dessalines was in haste to possess the sonorous and pompous title which Boisrond, Chanlatte and his other officers made resound in his ears and glitter before his eyes. It had first been said that all the generals would be convoked at Marchand for 8 October, to attend the ceremony of enthronement. But on 2 September Dessalines, made more impatient by the importunities of his entourage, had himself saluted Emperor by his staff and his devoted 4th demi-brigade. Then he had his act of acceptance published, whose antedate is a fresh lie:

Source  ·  p. 63 Joseph Saint-Rémy (des Cayes), Pétion et Haïti: étude monographique et historique, tome 4 (Paris: Auguste Durand, 1857), p. 63; English translation, Rasanblaj.