Two centuries before Haitian President Jovenel Moïse was assassinated, Jean-Jacques Dessalines was slain by political rivals after helping to lead an anti-slavery revolution.

In 1758, Dessalines was born to an enslaved mother in Grande-Rivière-du-Nord in the French colony of Saint-Domingue (today Haiti). After being tortured by his enslavers for thirty-three years, ...

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 ...

Some of the city’s biggest elected Christopher Columbus haters spearheaded an effort in the City Council to rename a Brooklyn street after Haitian emperor Jean-Jacques Dessalines — who is ...

Wilkins Dessalines, 33, was arrested on second-degree murder charges after the shooting Tuesday night. To stream FCN on your phone, you need the FCN app. Download the FCN app. More Videos.

Friends of Dessalines organized the basketball classic, which will begin at noon at the Asiaf Fieldhouse at Massasoit Community College. There will be a $5 admission fee.

ON JAN. 1, 1804, the victorious Gen. Jean-Jacques Dessalines proclaimed Haiti’s independence. As he did so, he called upon his countrymen to avenge their slaughtered dead by destroying the ...

The band Kandjanwou traces its origins to an apartment in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Boston where Haitian-American friends gathered on weekends for music and camaraderie, according to Dessalines.

The leader of a Haitian gang has threatened to kill hostages if the ransom it has demanded for 17 U.S. and Canadian missionaries isn't met. Jean-Jacques Dessalines (Haitian Creole: Janjak Desalin ...

Post-independence, the country’s first leader, Jean-Jacques Dessalines, declared himself emperor for life. Like four subsequent leaders, he was assassinated.

Dessalines was arrested for second-degree murder. The report continued to describe that Rickard came home around 10 p.m. and went to his porch to smoke tobacco like he usually does.

However, Dessalines’ arrest report obtained by News4JAX on Thursday, explained more details of what happened before the shooting. According to Dessalines’ arrest report, ...