How did Jean Jacques Dessalines first distinguish himself in the struggle for independence?

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... when Toussaint was operating against the mulattoes in southern Saint Domingue (later Haiti), Dessalines captured Jacmel, one of their main strongpoints, and followed up his campaign by exterminating the survivors.

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