On this date we remember Haiti’s founder General Jean-Jacques Dessalines, who was killed after becoming the first world leader in the Americas to permanently abolish slavery. PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI – ...
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Julia Gaffield, William & Mary (THE CONVERSATION) Every Oct. 17, Haiti celebrates ...
Isa Dessalines' blood-spattered phone was found hours after she was abducted from Fisherman's Wharf in San Francisco Chris Harris has been a senior true crime reporter for PEOPLE since late 2015. An ...
Dessalines S.T.E.A.M Academy in Brockton offers an alternative educational option for students in grades K-12. The school provides a project-based, science-focused curriculum with cultural relevance, ...
A statue of Jean-Jacques Dessalines, a leader of the Haitian Revolution and the first ruler of an independent Haiti. Spencer Platt/Getty Images Although there have been biographies of Dessalines in ...