Jean-Baptiste Bayard

The Adventures of Jean-Baptiste

Jean-Baptiste is my sixth-generation great-grandfather born in 1750. In 1771, Jean-Baptiste returned home to the small hamlet of Jeremie, located on the beautiful south coast of Haiti. His father expected him to take over the family's coffee plantation, but the adventurous Jean decided to join the French military instead.

In 1779, Jean finds himself fighting for the American Revolution in the Battle to free Savannah from the British. During this historic campaign, the bloodiest of the war, a spy provided General Benjamin Lincoln with false information that caused a massacre of Haitian, French, and American soldiers. In this scene, Jean confronts the spy and is saved by thea 12-year-old slave drummer boy Henri Christophe who would one day become the first and only King of Haiti after its independence. Enjoy a sneak peak of Book One, Chapter 6.