By: Leon Kwasi Kuntuo-Asare Early Life Jean-Jacques Dessalines  born a slave on the French slave colony of Saint-Domingue (modern-day Haiti) around 1758. Dessalines’s early life was brutal and was  marked by the inhumane realities of the slave plantation system. His original name was Duclos, he was named after the owner of the plantation where he … Continue reading Black History Spotlight: Jean-Jacques Dessalines: From Slave to Emperor, A Legacy Forged in Revolution