Figures such as its leader, General Toussaint Louverture; Jean-Jacques Dessalines, who became the first ruler of an independent Haiti; Dutty Boukman who was leader of the Maroons and a vodou priest, ...
or houngan; the first and only King of Haiti Henri Christophe, and others. Their stories have been chronicled and commemorated through time. Marie Jeanne Lamartiniére, portrayed by artist ...