A Haitian Slave Turned Emperor Brings Celebration and Controversy to Brooklyn
A street in Flatbush was named after Jean-Jacques Dessalines, the Haitian revolutionary leader whose history of violence concerned a City Council committee.
A Haitian Slave Turned Emperor Brings Celebration and Controversy to Brooklyn
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