Haiti storyboard
نص القصة المصورة
- The Spanish began to enslave the native Taino and Ciboney people soon after December 1492, when Italian navigator Christopher Columbus sighted the island that he called La Isla Española.
- Causes
- Goals & Leaders
- The goal of the Haitian Revolution was to end slavery, although the initial goal was ending French colonization. A famous revolutionary leader Toussaint Louverture guided his alliances to ending slavery.
- 1789, on the eve of the French Revolution, the estimated population of Saint-Domingue, as the French called their colony, was 556,000 and included roughly 500,000 African slaves, 32,000 European colonists, and 24,000 affranchis
- Major Events
- 1790s among the causes of the conflicts were the affranchised frustrations with a racist society, turmoil created in the colony by the French Revolution, nationalistic rhetoric expressed during Vodou ceremonies, the continuing brutality of slave owners, and wars between European powers.
- Major Events
- The Haitian Declaration of Independence, which declared Haiti's independence from French colonial control.
- Important Documents
- The Haitian Revolution destroyed the capital and messed up the economy, it also made them lack trade relations with other nations.
- Outcomes/Effects
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