First Empire of Haiti

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The First Empire of Haiti was the early 19th-century Black-led monarchy established by Jean-Jacques Dessalines after Haiti’s successful slave revolt and independence from France.

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former empire ⓘ
monarchy ⓘ
state ⓘ
abolishedSlavery true ⓘ
capital Port-au-Prince ⓘ
causeOfEnd assassination of Jean-Jacques Dessalines ⓘ
coatOfArms Palm tree with liberty cap, cannons, and banners ⓘ
commonName Haiti ⓘ
constitutionYear 1805 ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
conventionalLongName Empire of Haiti ⓘ
country Haiti ⓘ
currency Haitian livre ⓘ
demonym Haitian ⓘ
endDate 1806-10-17 ⓘ
endYear 1806 ⓘ
establishedBy Jean-Jacques Dessalines ⓘ
executiveBranch Emperor and imperial court ⓘ
firstEmperor Jean-Jacques Dessalines ⓘ
flagDescription Blue and red horizontal bands with the coat of arms of Haiti ⓘ
governmentType absolute monarchy ⓘ
headOfState Jean-Jacques Dessalines ⓘ
historicalEra Napoleonic era ⓘ
Post–French Revolution era ⓘ
independenceFrom France ⓘ
legalSystem civil law influenced by French law ⓘ
legislature Council of State ⓘ
locatedOn Hispaniola ⓘ
modernTerritoryCorrespondsTo Republic of Haiti ⓘ
linked to: Haiti
monarch Jean-Jacques Dessalines ⓘ
notableEvent coronation of Jean-Jacques Dessalines as Emperor Jacques I ⓘ
promulgation of the 1805 Haitian constitution ⓘ
officialLanguage French ⓘ
populationGroupInPower formerly enslaved Black people and free people of color ⓘ
precededBy French colonial rule in Saint-Domingue ⓘ
Saint-Domingue ⓘ
recognizedAs first modern Black-led monarchy in the Americas ⓘ
first postcolonial independent Black state in the Western Hemisphere ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
Vodou ⓘ
linked to: Haitian Vodou
resultOf Haitian Revolution ⓘ
rulingHouse House of Dessalines ⓘ
startDate 1804-09-22 ⓘ
startYear 1804 ⓘ
succeededBy Kingdom of Haiti ⓘ
Republic of Haiti ⓘ
State of Haiti ⓘ
territoryIncludes western part of the island of Hispaniola ⓘ
titleOfRuler Emperor of Haiti ⓘ
linked to: Faustin I of Haiti

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French colony of Saint-Domingue → successorState → First Empire of Haiti ⓘ
Flag of Haiti → usedDuring → First Empire of Haiti ⓘ
Emperor Jacques I → founderOf → First Empire of Haiti ⓘ
Citadelle Laferrière → associatedWith → Kingdom of Haiti ⓘ
subject linked to: Citadelle Laferrière, Haiti
linked to: First Empire of Haiti
François-Ferdinand Christophe → partOf → Haitian monarchy ⓘ
linked to: First Empire of Haiti
First Empire of Haiti → conventionalLongName → Empire of Haiti ⓘ
linked to: First Empire of Haiti
Marie-Claire Heureuse Félicité → associatedWith → Haitian Empire ⓘ
linked to: First Empire of Haiti
House of Christophe → precededBy → State of Haiti (Dessalines) ⓘ
linked to: First Empire of Haiti
Kingdom of Haiti → precededBy → First Empire of Haiti ⓘ
Queen of Haiti → follows → First Empire of Haiti (as a form of Haitian monarchy) ⓘ
linked to: First Empire of Haiti