The Haitian Revolution
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- I AGREE!
- WE PROMISE TO FREE ALL SLAVES!
- IN 1492, CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS BROUGHT ABOUT SLAVERY ON THE ISLAND WITH THE EUROPEON COLONISTS. THE HAITIAN REVOLUTION OF 1791 TO 1804 IS THE ONLY SUCCESSFUL SLAVE REVOLT KNOWN TO MAN.
- SLAVERY HAS NOW BEEN ABLOISHED IN SANTO DOMINGO!
- IN 1791, TOUSSAINT L'OVUERTURE LEAD THE REVOLT.THE WHITE PLANTERS OBJECTED AND BECAME VIOLENT WHEN THE FRENCH ASSESMBLY GRANTED FRENCH CITIZENSHIP TO FREE BLACKS AND MULATTOES.
- IN 1794, THE FRENCH PROMISES TO FREE ALL SLAVES AND TOUSSAINT L'OUVERTURE JOINS SIDES WITH FRANCE. THE FREE BLACKS AND MULATTOES NOW JOIN TO FIGHT AGAINST THE BRITISH.
- AFTER THE BRISTISH GET DEFEATED IN 1796, L'OVUERTURE IS VICTORIOUS AND LEADS SANTO DOMINGO IN 1800. HE THEN ABOLISHES SLAVERY THERE AND ISSUES AN AUTONOMY FROM FRANCE.
- IN 1802, TOUSSAINT IS TRICKED AND CAPTURED BY LE CLERC. HE THEN DIES IN PRISON IN FRANCE. THE FRENCH INTENDS TO REIMPLEMENT SLAVERY BUT JEAN JACQUES DESSALINES FIGHT THE FRENCH
- IN 1804, DESSALINES OFFICIALLY DECLARES INDEPENDENCE OF HAITI.
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