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1804-01-01

On 1 January 1804 the generals and chiefs of the armies at Gonaïves proclaimed Dessalines Governor General for life of Haiti, with the right to make peace…

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On 1 January 1804 the generals and chiefs of the armies at Gonaïves proclaimed Dessalines Governor General for life of Haiti, with the right to make peace, to make war and to name his successor.

Source  ·  p. 31, 32 Beaubrun Ardouin, Études sur l'histoire d'Haïti, suivies de la vie du général J.-M. Borgella (t. VI) (1856), p. 31, 32