Reviled for his brutality yet honor

Reviled for his brutality yet honored as one of the founding fathers of Haiti, Jean-Jacques Dessalines was second in command under Toussaint L’Overture during the Haitian Revolution and was the general who emerged after L’Overture’s capture to lead the insurgents in declaring Haitian independence on January 1, 1804. Like L’Overture, Dessalines was born into slavery in the French colony of Saint Dominque. Born to Congolese parents, Dessalines was originally given the name Duclos, after the plantation’s owner. He later adopted the surname Dessalines after the free black landowner who purchased him and from whom he escaped. Unlike L’Overture, Dessalines was treated harshly as a slave and violence became a way of life that marked him throughout his military and brief political career contributing both to his success on the battlefield and to his eventual downfall. Unable to read or write, Dessalines was nonetheless a quick study under L’Overture earning the nickname “the Tiger” for his fury in battle. In 1794 Dessalines’s military skill and leadership was vital to L’Overture’s success in capturing the Spanish-controlled eastern half of the island, and in return, L’Overture made him governor of the south. For a brief period of time after L’Overture’s capture in 1802 Dessalines appeared to be siding with the French, but the move was nothing more than a ruse designed to trick the French into trusting Dessalines so that he could regroup the insurgents and continue the fight for independence. It was successful. When Dessalines proclaimed Saint Dominque’s independence, he chose the name Haiti for his country, the name used by the island’s aboriginal inhabitants. Independence, however, did not bring peace, and from January 1804 until his death two years later, Dessalines “governed with terror.” Like L’Overture, Dessalines had himself appointed governor “for life.” He later changed his title to emperor—emulating Napoleon—and crowning his wife, Claire-Heureuse, empress. Fearing a French resurgence and the reinstatement of slavery that would accompany it, he ordered the massacre of approximately 5,000 of the island’s white men, women, and children declaring “I have saved my country. I have avenged America.” It was a move that two of Dessalines most influential generals, Alexandre Pétion and Henri Christophe, could not countenance and one that spoke to the growing political instability of the new government. On August 17, 1806 Dessalines met a violent death at the hands of his own lieutenants when he was ambushed; his body dragged through the streets before it was dismembered.

Résultats (Créole haïtien) 1:

Reviled pou britalite li poko onore tankou yonn nan fondateur zansèt nou yo ki an Ayiti, Janjak Desalin te dezyèm nan kòmand anba Tousen L'Overture pandan revolisyon Ayisyen an e li te genyen jeneral ki sòti aprè L'Overture an kaptire w pou dirije ensije nan pozitivman lè yo deklare endepandans Ayisyen nan 1 Janvye 1804. Tankou L'Overture, Dessalines te fèt nan esklavaj nan koloni Fwansè Saint Dominque. Sa fèt pou paran yo wa'f Dessalines été ban nou non Duclos, apre mèt la plantation. Li pita te adopte non fanmi, Dessalines apre a lib nwa gwandon ki te achte l' ak de moun li sove. À L'Overture, Dessalines te pwan swen li te pale sevèman tankou yon esklav ak vyolans ki te yon chemen ki bay lavi ki te make l' tout lame a ak brèf karyè politik li kontribiye tou de pou l' siksè nan chan batay la ak pou l' kraze l pretann ki ta. Pat kapab lire ni écrire, Dessalines te genyen menm si sa yon etid prese anba L'Overture salè pou gwo travay non jwèt la "Tiger" pou l' mò nan batay. Nan 1794 militè teknik Dessalines a ak lidè te enpòtan pou siksè L'Overture a nan capture kontwole zòn lès mwatye nan lil la, e an retou, L'Overture te fè l' gouvènè peyi Lejip la. Pou yon kout peryòd de tan apwè L'Overture a kaptire w nan 1802 Dessalines te parèt pou fè pwotèj ak Fwansè yo, men, mouvman an te genyen pa plis ke yon ruse dezinye pou passe Fwansè yo nan confiance Dessalines lè sa a li te kapab regroup ensije kontinye batay pou endepandans. Li te yon reyisit. Lè Desalin a Dominque Sen endepandans, li chwazi a rele Ayiti pou peyi l, non ke Aborijèn abitan yo zile a itilize. Independence, sepandan, te fè pa viv ak kè poze, e yo nan mwa Janvye 1804 jiskaske li mouri nan de zan apwe, Dessalines "gouvènen peyi ak latèrè." Tankou L'Overture, Dessalines te gen tèt li nonmen gouvènè "pou lavi." Li pi ta tounen vin jwenn Bondye l' Tit pou anperè — imiter Napoleon — ak twou li madanm, Claire Heureuse, enperatris. Gen krentif pou yon recrudescence Fwansè ak réintégration esklavaj sa ta akonpanye l' lan, li te pase lòd pou masak apwoksimativman 5,000 zile an blan, gason, fanm kou gason, ak pitit pozitivman lè yo deklare "mwen te sove peyi m. Mwen te vanje pou Amerik." Se te yon mouvman ke de Dessalines ki pi enfliyan jeneral, Alexandre Pétion ak Henri Christophe, pa te kapab kontenans ak yonn ki te pale pou kwasans politik destabilite nouvo gouvènman an. Sou 17 out 1806 Desalin te rankontre lèd men pwòp lieutenants lè li te pran nan anbiskad, kò l' trènen nan lari yo anvan li te demanbre abitan.

Résultats (Créole haïtien) 2:

Joure pou britalite l 'ankò onore kòm youn nan zansèt yo fondatè nan Ayiti, Jean-Jacques Dessalines te dezyèm nan kòmand anba Toussaint L'Ouverture pandan Revolisyon ayisyen an e li te jeneral la ki parèt apre kapti L'Ouverture nan a plon ensije yo nan deklare ayisyen endepandans sou li a, 1 janvye 1804. Menm jan ak L'Ouverture, Desalin te fèt nan esklavaj nan koloni an franse nan Saint Dominick. Li te fèt bay paran Kongolè, Desalin te orijinèlman bay non an Duclos, apre yo fin mèt kay plantasyon an. Li te pita te adopte ti non nan Desalin apre mèt jaden an pou gratis nwa ki achte l ', li soti nan moun li sove. Kontrèman ak L'Ouverture, Desalin te trete rèd tankou yon esklav ak vyolans te vin tounen yon fason pou lavi ki te make l 'pandan tout militè yo ak kout karyè politik li kontribye tou de siksè l' sou chan batay la ak tonbe evantyèlman l 'yo. Kapab li oswa ekri, Desalin te Alòske yon etid rapid anba L'Ouverture touche tinon a "Tiger a" pou kòlè l 'nan batay. Nan 1794 konpetans militè Desalin nan ak lidèchip te enpòtan anpil nan siksè L'Ouverture la nan kaptire Panyòl yo kontwole mwatye nan lès nan zile a, ak an retou, L'Ouverture te fè l 'gouvènè peyi sid la. Pou yon peryòd kout tan apre kapti L'Ouverture la nan 1802 Desalin parèt yo dwe Spearman ak franse a, men mouvman an te pa gen anyen pi plis pase yon artifices fèt fè je chèch ak franse a nan mete konfyans Desalin pou l te ka regwoupe ensije yo e yo kontinye batay la pou endepandans. Li te gen siksè. Lè Desalin pwoklame endepandans Saint Dominick a, li te chwazi non an Ayiti pou peyi l ', non an itilize pa moun ki rete Aborijèn an nan zile a. Endepandans, sepandan, pa t 'pote lapè, ak la depi janvye 1804 jouk li mouri de ane pita, Desalin "gouvène ak laterè." Tankou L'Ouverture, Desalin te gen tèt li nonmen gouvènè "pou lavi." Li te pita chanje tit l' yo emperor- Emulation Napoleon-yo ak twou madanm li, Claire-ereuz, Empress. Krent yon rezurjans franse ak reyenstale lisans lan nan esklavaj ki ta akonpaye li, li bay lòd masak la nan apeprè 5,000 nan moun an nan zile a blan, fanm, ak timoun deklare "Mwen te sove peyi mwen. Mwen te revanj Amerik la. "Se te yon mouvman ke de nan Desalin jeneral pi enfliyan, Alexandre Petion ak Henri Christophe, pa t 'kapab kontenans ak youn ki te pale ak ap grandi enstabilite politik la nan gouvènman an nouvo. Sou Out 17, 1806 Desalin te rankontre yon lanmò vyolan nan men yo sekretè wa l 'lè li te anbiskad; kò l 'trennen nan lari yo anvan li te demanbre.