Question

How was Dessalines’s leadership different from Louverture’s?

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Dessalines’s leadership:

After defeating the french who wanted to retake Saint Dominique, Dessalines proclaimed the colonies independence, successfully creating the world's first nation of former slaves and the second independent country in the western hemisphere. He published a declaration of independence, abolishing the colony of saint Domingue forever. In the months following the haitian independence, Dessalines ordered the slaughter of the remaining french residents in Haiti to remove french presence in the colony and to make sure slavery could not be reinstated. Crowned emperor in october 1804.

Louverture’s leadership:

To win rebel support, the Spanish promised land and freedom to all rebel soldiers and their families. In early 1793, many rebel leaders joined the spanish army against the french. Under the spanish, a military leader named Toussaint Louverture rose to prominence, and later became one of the most prominent leaders of the revolution. He was a free black who was formerly part of the slave elite. Known for his military and strategic brilliance, his army grew to several thousand under the french.

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