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Jean-Jacques Dessalines: References & Edit History

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Add new Web site: Digital Repositories at Duke University - DukeSpace - Jean-Jacques Dessalines and the African Character of the Haitian Revolution (PDF). Jan 04, 2025
Anniversary information added. Oct 13, 2024
Add new Web site: Age of Revolution - Bust of Jean-Jaques Dessalines (1758 – 1806). Aug 29, 2024
Add new Web site: The Washington Post - Haiti’s Jean-Jacques Dessalines: Assassinated 215 years before Jovenel Moïse. Apr 25, 2024
First paragraph modernization. Feb 27, 2024
Add new Web site: Academia - Jean-Jacques Dessalines the Avenger and Mediator. Nov 24, 2023
Revised statements about Dessalines's actions as rebel leader and emperor. Dec 18, 2014
Add new Web site: BlackPast - Jean-Jacques Dessalines. Jan 26, 2014
Added new Web site: None. Jun 10, 2009
Article revised and updated. Aug 30, 2007
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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