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Large tree at center atop a mountain, in a red circle, black border.

Framed sketch drawing of Jean Baptiste Pointe DuSable holding a rifle, b/w.

The image is of the Jean Baptiste Pointe Du Sable (c. 1745-1818) 22 cent stamp. Du Sable's head is placed over a field with a log cabin. The stamp is part of the Black Heritage Stamp Series. The stamp was issued in 1987, the 150th anniversary of…

Jean-Jacques Dessalines (September 20, 1758-October 17, 1806) was the first ruler of an independent Haiti. Behind him stands the revolutionary flag which was made, according to legend, when Dessalines ripped the white out of the French flag and had…