France Colonized Haiti for its resources. They enslaved thousands of Africans for labor work. The French looked forward to making a large profit over mercantilism.
Rise of Toussaint L'Ouverture
C'mon guys keep harvesting!!
The colonies(Haiti) would trade natural good with the colonizer(France) for manufactured goods.
Rebellion of enslaved Africans
Let's burn it down!!!!
Attack!!!
Toussaint L'Ouverture grew up as a slave working on a plantation. He was a very smart person with a brave spirit.
End of Slavery in Haiti
After years of working at a plantation as an enslaved person, and working up the heterarchy level by level, Toussaint eventually began to run his own plantations.
Toussaint leads a rebellion and he and the enslaved people burn down many plantations.
With Toussaint's leadership people in Haiti were no-longer slaves. Unfortunately Toussaint didn't live to see that day.
Here lies Toussaint L'Ouverture, he lived a very impactful life.......