#HAYOnlineSearch Haitian Flag Website: Haitidoi.com Subject: Jean-Jacques Dessalines "The 1805 constitution declared that all Haitians were citizens of the same family and were to be considered “black.” This designation was an attempt to eliminate the socio-racial hierarchies that had carried over from the colonial period. Despite efforts like this, Dessalines’s rule, in fact, had a lot in common with the colonial period and many former slaves were forced to go back to plantation labor and once more worked the land for the benefit of others. " - haitidoi.com haitidoi.com - Source: https://haitidoi.com/2015/03/31/jean-jacques-dessalines-c-1758-1806/ #JeanJacquesDessalines #HaitianHeritageMonth #HaitianHistory #HaitianRevolition #Haitian #HaitianAmerican #HaitianAmericanYouthOnline #HAYOnline #HaitianHistorySnippets