leader of the 1791 slave rising that began the Haïtian Revolution
1745 CE
to 1801 CE
Jeannot was a leader of the 1791 slave rising that began the Haïtian Revolution.
With Biassou and Jean François, he is prophesied by Dutty Boukman to lead the revolution, and fights with the Spanish royalists against the French Revolutionary authorities in colonial Haiti.