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 First Empire of Haiti self-linksurface differs
surface form: 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 Haiti
surface form: Republic of 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
French colony of Saint-Domingue
surface form: Saint-Domingue
recognizedAs first modern Black-led monarchy in the Americas
first postcolonial independent Black state in the Western Hemisphere
religion Roman Catholicism
Haitian Vodou
surface form: Vodou
resultOf Haitian Revolution
rulingHouse House of Dessalines
startDate 1804-09-22
startYear 1804
succeededBy Kingdom of Haiti
Republic of Haiti (southern state)
surface form: Republic of Haiti

State of Haiti (northern republic) government
surface form: State of Haiti
territoryIncludes western part of the island of Hispaniola
titleOfRuler Faustin I of Haiti
surface form: Emperor 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, Haiti associatedWith First Empire of Haiti
subject surface form: Citadelle Laferrière
this entity surface form: Kingdom of Haiti
François-Ferdinand Christophe partOf First Empire of Haiti
this entity surface form: Haitian monarchy
First Empire of Haiti conventionalLongName First Empire of Haiti self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Empire of Haiti