Haitian Revolution
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- a self-educated enslaved person with no military training drove Napoleon out of Haiti and led his country to independence.
- Toussaint became the leader of the slave rebellion. He became known as Toussaint L'Ouverture (the one who finds an opening)
- So they again considered the issue of “equality” and voted to end slavery in the French colonies, including what was now known as Haiti.
- Napoleon agreedto recognize Haitian independence and Toussaint agreed to retire from public life.
- Toussaint died in prison, but others carried on the fight for freedom.
- Napoleon decided to give up his possessions in the New World. He was busy in Europe and these far-away possessions were more trouble than they were worth.
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