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Haitian Revolution
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The first black priest, Boukman, raised a call for revolution
This priest started the revolutionary ideas with this call. Few days later, 100,000 slaves rose in revolt and joined his ideas. -
Toussaint l'Overture starts leading the rebellion
This is an ex-slave guy that leads the rebellion against the planters. He was an untrained but skillful in military and diplomacy. -
Declaration of the Rights of Man
In this date, the National Assembly in France adopted a statement of revolutionary ideas that defended men's rights as equality. This was going to be a great influence for French colonies and the entire world. It was a signed document starting revolutionary ideas. -
Slaves control one third of the island thanks to the rebellion
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Sonthonax proclaim an end of slavery.
This is the reason why L'Overture agrees to join the French side after a previous invasion of the British against Saint Domingue -
Only 3,500 French toops remained in the island
The rebllion kept getting power -
Toussaint defeated an expeditionary force of Britain
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Toussaint had moved into the Spanish Santo Domingo.
By this date, he lead his army in there, took control and freed the slaves. -
L'Overture issued a constitution for Santo Domingo that decreed them autonomous.
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Leclerc starts an expedition to restore French power and slavery
He was the brother-in-law of Napoleon, and he was commited this secret mision that had a big potential. -
16000 French troops arrived at Santo Domingo to depose Toussaint
France wanted to stop rebellion, and brought military people to take him off power. -
Toussaint arranged and agreement with France.
In this, he agreed to halt the revolution if the French would end slavery. -
Toussaint is sent to prison.
This was in the French Alps. He was acused of another uprising and was kept in tough conditions. -
Black cultivators revolt
They revolted because of the re-establishment of the slavery. -
Jean Jacques Dessalines, new commander, organized a mutineer against French troops.
This was when he found out slavery ws going to continue -
Dessalines and Petion switched sides and fought against the French
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Toussaint l'Overture dies
He dies in prison. -
Louisiana territories are sold to the United States
This had an important impact because Napoleon started to lose interest in his territories in the Americas and concentrated more in his closer enemies as Great Britain and Prussia. This weakened French power and dominance in America, therefore, in Haiti -
Jean Jacques Dessalines takes control of the revolutionary cause
After Toussaint's death, he took absolute control in the army and remained the fighting for independence. -
Battle of Vertieres
Dessalines defeats French troops and achieves independence -
Declaration of Independence by Dessalines
Haiti became the first black colony to declare independent, and named themselves Haiti because of the native dialect meaning "maountanious land"
