Jean-Jacques Dessalines was independent Hati's first ruler.
After the capture of Toussaint Louverture in 1802, who died in prison in France, Dessalines became the leader of the revolution and Gnral-Chef de l'Arme Indigne on May 18 1803
 By November 1802, Dessalines had become the leader of the alliance with the blessing of general Alexandre Ption, the most prominent of the affranchis, or free men of color

