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Jean François was the leader of the 1791 slave rising that began the Haitian Revolution. Sustaining Georges Biassou and Jeannot, he was among those world health organization Dutty Boukman prophesized would lead the revolution. François fought by using a Spanish royalists against the French Revolutionary authorities in colonial Haiti. Discomfited by his previous ally Toussaint L'Ouverture, he remained under Spanish service and withdrew to Florida, which was then part of the Spanish colony of Cuba.
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