Cap-Haïtien became the capital of the Kingdom of Northern Haiti under a king that was a former slave of what ethnicity?
Henri Christophe Henri Christophe (] ; 6 October 1767 – 8 October 1820; used the anglicized version of Henry Christopher) was a former slave of Bambara ethnicity, and perhaps of Ibo descent, and key leader in the Haitian Revolution, which succeeded in gaining independence from France in 1804. In 1805 he took part under Jean-Jacques Dessalines in the capturing of Santo Domingo (now Dominican Republic), against French forces who acquired the colony from Spain in the Treaty of Basel.
Cyrille Bissette Cyrille Bissette or in English also Cyril Bissette (1795–1858) was a free person of color ("homme de couleur") from Martinique who was a radical abolitionist. He served in the French National Assembly from 1848 to 1851.