LEMPEREUR, Jeannot (lom-peh-rur'), Haytian revolutionist, born in Quartier Morin in 1763; died near Cape Francais in Decelnber, 1791. He was a slave when the insurrection began in Santo Domingo in 1790, and, escaping from his master, assembled in the mountains a body of followers with which he committed many outrages. He went to Port au Prince in January, 1791, and, haranguing the negroes on the streets, acquired such an influence over them as to receive offers of support from the different parties that divided the colony. On 4 March he instigated the riots in which several officers were murdered, and in June, joining the mulatto chief, Jean Francois, gathered a force of negro slaves and marched on Cape Francais. He carried as a standard the body of a white infant on a spear, and murdered and devastated as he marched, till he reached the neighborhood of the town; but he was soon defeated by the united forces of the whites, although he managed to escape. The crimes that he afterward committed with his band almost pass the limits of credibility, but they are verified by many authorities. At last even his followers revolted. They chained and carried him to Jean Francois, who ordered him to be shot. See Berlioz d'Auriac's "La guerre noire, souvenirs de Saint Domingue" (Paris, 1860).