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Jean-Pierre Boyer (possibly February 15 , 1776July 9 , 1850 ), Haïti an soldier and President Of Haïti (1818-1843), born a free mulatto in Port-au-Prince , and educated in France . He fought with Toussaint L'Ouverture and then joined André Rigaud , also a Mulatto , in the latter's abortive insurrection against Toussaint. He returned in 1802 with the French army of Charles Leclerc , but later joined the patriots under Alexandre Pétion , who chose him as his successor.