You Don’t Come to Me — I Come to You”

Описание: In 1804, after leading Haiti to independence, Jean-Jacques Dessalines stood not just as a warrior — but as a sovereign leader. When British General Thomas Maitland anchored in Port-au-Prince, he sent envoys asking how he could assist Haiti’s new government. But Dessalines made one thing clear: no foreign general would set foot on Haitian soil uninvited. He boarded Maitland’s warship himself — surrounded by armed Haitian guards, head held high, boots hitting the deck like thunder.