Pont Rouge, near Port-au-Prince, Haiti

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Pont Rouge, near Port-au-Prince, Haiti, is a historically significant site known as the location where Haiti’s first emperor, Jean-Jacques Dessalines (Emperor Jacques I), was assassinated.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf assassination
emperor
historical site
location
person
alsoKnownAs Emperor Jacques I
associatedWith Haitian Revolution
Haitian independence
Jean-Jacques Dessalines
commemoratedBy annual ceremonies honoring Jean-Jacques Dessalines
country Haiti
Haiti
countryOfCitizenship Haiti
deathPlace Pont Rouge
event assassination of Jean-Jacques Dessalines
hasHeritage symbol of political betrayal in Haitian history
symbol of the end of the First Empire of Haiti
hasNameMeaning Red Bridge
hasNameOrigin French language
linked to: French
hasVictim Jean-Jacques Dessalines
locatedIn Ouest department, Haiti
locatedNear Port-au-Prince
location Pont Rouge
notableFor role in early 19th-century Haitian politics
site of a major turning point in post-independence Haiti
partOf greater Port-au-Prince urban area
positionHeld Emperor of Haiti
significance marked the end of the First Empire of Haiti
site of the assassination of Jean-Jacques Dessalines
usedFor political gatherings
public commemorations

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Emperor Jacques I deathPlace Pont Rouge, near Port-au-Prince, Haiti