Jean-Jacques Dessalines was the first ruler of independent Hati in 1805.
 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
 In 1801, Dessalines quickly ended an insurrection in the north led by Louverture's nephew, General Moyse

