
Joy-Ann (Pro-Democracy) Reid 😷 @JoyAnnReid
For those asking, Toussaint L'Ouverture conquered all of then-Hispaniola and became governor-general in 1801 but technically it was still under France. The first black governor general of an independent Haiti was Dessalines in 1804. @TheRoot article addresses that. Cheers! — PolitiTweet.org