Haiti’s Struggle for Independence Haiti was France most valued possessions in the 1700s. In Haiti French planters owned very profitable sugar plantations worked by nearly half a million enslaved Africans.

Independence In April 1802, the French and the Haitians agreed to make a truce (temporary peace.) The soldiers from France that got yellow fever were dizzy, had muscle aches high fevers, and their gums would bleed. The virus was caused by mosquitoes biting humans. Historians think that history would be different if mosquitoes did not live in Haiti.

Toussaint L’Ouverture on slavery. Toussaint L’Ouvture led a successful revolt in Haiti.. The revolt led to eliminate slavery. The French officials wanted to reestablish slavery but Toussaint whole to the French Directory.

A Slave Revolt In 1790 ‘s, French revolutionaries were debating how to abolish slavery in west Indies. They were led by Toussaint L’Ouverture who was a self – educated former slave. He was a brilliant general. By 1798, the rebels achieved their goal. The enslaved Haitians had been freed. Toussaint’s forces controlled most of the island. In 1804, Haitian leaders declared independents. In 1820, Haiti became a republic.