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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First Empire of Haiti canonical 4
Empire of Haiti 1
Haitian monarchy 1

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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