Archetype

Archetype Idealized model of a person.

My Archetype’s name Jean Jacques Dessalines, He was born in Plaine du Nord near Cap Haitian in September 1758 and died in October 1806. Dessalines was bron as a slave African parents, he became an important leader of the Haitian revolution. In 1791, Jean-Jacques Dessalines joined the slave rebellion of the northern plains. This rebellion was the first action of what would become the Haitian Revolution. Dessalines commanded many successful engagements; including the captures of Jacmel, Petit Goâve, Miragoane and Anse-à-Veau.The rebellious slaves were able to restore most of Saint-Domingue to France. On 18 November 1803, black and mulatto forces under Dessalines and Pétion attacked the fort of Vertières, held by Rochambeau, near Cap François in the north. Rochambeau and his troops surrendered the next day. On 4 December 1803, the French colonial army of Napoleon Bonaparte surrendered its last remaining territory to Dessalines' forces. This officially ended the only slave rebellion in world history which successfully resulted in establishing an independent nation. On 1 January 1804, from the city of Gonaïves, Dessalines officially declared the former colony's independence and renamed it Haiti.

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