- Only Succesful slave revolt in history
- On the island of Saint-Domingue, a French Sugar plantation
- Majority of population slaves and gens du couleur (free people of color, including free slaves)
- slaves worked very hard, and many ran away to the mountains
- gens du couleur sent to support Americans against British in war of Independance
- came back hoping to reform society
- French revolution happened, and fights between settlers and G.D.C (gens du couleur) broke out
- Voodoo priest Boukman organized slave revolts
- bolstered G.D.C ranks
- French troops arrive to help settlers, and British/Spanish forces come to take advantage of French misfortune
- Leader of G.D.C: Francois-Dominique Toussaint (1744-1803)
- called himself Louverture (French word for "the openeing")
- Educated
- Strong morals (ex: helped his old master escape to a safe place, then joined the slave revolt)
- Skilled organizer, built strong army
- Played British, French, and Spanish against each other
- By 1797, his army controlled most of Saint-Dominique
- Wrote a constitution declaring freedom for all people of Saint-Dominique
- Did not declare independance from France as to not provoke Napoleon
- In 1802, Napoleon sent troops to retake Saint-Dominique
- Toussaint tried to negotiate, but was arrested and put in jail before.
While Yellow Fever ravages French troops, and generals succeeding. Then Declared Independance and named the land "Haiti" meaning "Land of Mountains".
- Only Succesful slave revolt in history- On the island of Saint-Domingue, a French Sugar plantation- Majority of population slaves and gens du couleur (free people of color, including free slaves)- slaves worked very hard, and many ran away to the mountains- gens du couleur sent to support Americans against British in war of Independance- came back hoping to reform society- French revolution happened, and fights between settlers and G.D.C (gens du couleur) broke out- Voodoo priest Boukman organized slave revolts- bolstered G.D.C ranks- French troops arrive to help settlers, and British/Spanish forces come to take advantage of French misfortune- Leader of G.D.C: Francois-Dominique Toussaint (1744-1803)- called himself Louverture (French word for "the openeing")- Educated- Strong morals (ex: helped his old master escape to a safe place, then joined the slave revolt)- Skilled organizer, built strong army- Played British, French, and Spanish against each other- By 1797, his army controlled most of Saint-Dominique- Wrote a constitution declaring freedom for all people of Saint-Dominique- Did not declare independance from France as to not provoke Napoleon- In 1802, Napoleon sent troops to retake Saint-Dominique- Toussaint tried to negotiate, but was arrested and put in jail before.While Yellow Fever ravages French troops, and generals succeeding. Then Declared Independance and named the land "Haiti" meaning "Land of Mountains".
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