Jean Kina

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Jean Kina was a maroon who fought on the side British in the Haitian Revolution. The Corps of Jean Kina entered British pay in 1793 and in 1794 became part of the Chasseurs de George III.

Kina also fought on behalf of white planters.

Kina led a revolt in the South of Saint-Domingue in December of 1800. (Korngold p. 236)

Further reading

  • David Geggus, (1980). Slave, Soldier, Rebel: The Strange Career of Jean Kina Jamaican Historical Review, 12 (p. 33-51).

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