The Haitian Revolution Thomas Coneys Jr. Global dynamics Mr. McDonald

Haiti A French colony on the island of Hispaniola in the Caribbean Also known Saint Dominique In the 18th century Haiti was the wealthiest French colony over seas.

Timeline In 1789 the French revolution ends 1791 the Haitian slave rebellion begins 1803 Haiti gains its independence from France and ends slavery -It is said that much like the French revolution gained its inspiration from the American revolution the Haitian revolution gained its inspiration from the French revolution explaining their close proximity on a time line.

Social groups with in the colony At the time of the rebellion there were 5 main social groups: the white planters, petite Blancs, Freed slaves, run-away slaves and slaves -the White planters and Petite Blancs accounted for about 40,000 of haiti’s population while the freed slaves and current slaves accounted for over 530,000 -the ratio of slaves to whites was approximately 10-1

The leader of the rebellion Toussaint Breda also called Toussaint L'Ouverture after his victory over the french

The beginning of the rebellion The first act of revolution occurred on August 21, 1791 when Toussaint Breda led a slave rebellion against white planters By 1792 he former slaves controlled 1/3 of Haïti

The conflict expands Soon after Toussaint Breda revolt french troops were sent to qual the slave uprising, they had little effect. By 1793 british troops arrived in an attempt to claim the island as their own however they left in 1798 after suffering several defeats at the hands of Toussaint Breda

Death tolls As the conflict grew so did the violence 100,000 of the 500,000 blacks and 24,000 of the 40,000 whites were killed.

1801 By 1801 the slave revolt spilled over into the British colony of Santo Domingo known presently as the domincan republic After Toussaint Breda gained control over the entire island of Hispaniola in 1801 he abolished slavery Shortly after abolishing slavery Toussaint Breda named himself Governor-General for life over the island of Hispaniola

The French fight back General Charles Leclerc, Napoleon's brother in law was sent to Saint Dominique with 43000 French soldiers to capture Toussaint After his capture he was sent back to France were he died in prison in 1803 By January, 1st, 1804 under the lead of Jean-Jacques Dessalines Saint Dominique declared its independence and renamed in Haiti

Independence!

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