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1/4 size bronze sculpture of Jean Baptiste Pointe DuSable

Alexandre Petion (April 2, 1770-March 29, 1818) served as a revolutionary general and was the first president of the Republic of Haiti, located in the Southern Provinces. The paper under his hands represents the democratic constitution he…

Boukman, an educated Muslim slave who inspired the Haitian Revolution, is depicted here with broken chains suggesting the liberation for which he fought and died. The shell in Boukman's left hand references slaves use of shells to communicate in…

Sketch drawing of Francois Capois (1766-1806), also known as Capois La Mort. He was a Haitian rebel and army officer who fought in the Haitian Revolution.

Catherine Flon--Goddaughter Jean Jacques Dessalines sewed first Haitian Flag May, 1803

On 14 August 1791, slaves of Saint-Domingue gathered for a vodou ceremony at Bois Caiman. The leader Boukman stands larger than life on the far right and presides over the sacrifice of a black Creole pig to Erzulie Dantor, the mother spirit of…

B& W Painting of Jean Baptiste Point du Sable, Harold Washington, Barack Obama

Painting of Jean Baptiste Point du Sable, Harold Washington, Lori Lightfoot, Barack Obama

An illustrated list of the presidents of Haiti from its founding to the present. From the Haitian Consulate of Chicago.

A framed illustrated list of the founders and most prominent heads of state of Haiti from its founding to the present