This man gained fame as a ruthless general - he allegedly threatened to cane a subordinate to death for failing to move a cannon quickly enough and he used the slogan "cut heads, burn houses" as strategy in battle. The instigators of the Male Revolt in another country wore necklaces bearing the likeness of this man, who came to marry Claire Heureuse and met his death at Red Bridge. He occasionally referred to himself as Duclos, his original name, and upon taking power promulgated a constitution which allowed freedom of religion and mandated that all citizens be called "black," though soon after that he was assassinate
This man gained fame as a ruthless general - he allegedly threatened to cane a subordinate to death for failing to move a cannon quickly enough and he used the slogan "cut heads, burn houses" as strategy in battle. The instigators of the Male Revolt in another country wore necklaces bearing the likeness of this man, who came to marry Claire Heureuse and met his death at Red Bridge. He occasionally referred to himself as Duclos, his original name, and upon taking power promulgated a constitution which allowed freedom of religion and mandated that all citizens be called "black," though soon after that he was assassinated by Alexandre Petion, who set up a state in the south, while Henri Christophe did likewise in the north. FTP, name this former general under Toussaint L'Ouverture who became the first emperor of an independent Haiti, in which capacity he took the regnal name Jacques I.
This man gained fame as a ruthless general - he allegedly threatened to cane a subordinate to death for failing to move a cannon quickly enough and he used the slogan "cut heads, burn houses" as strategy in battle.
Jean-Jacques {Dessalines}