Haitian Revolution

By McGinley/Stein class

  • The Beginning

    The Beginning
    The August of 1791, thousands of slaves started forming a rebellion. A former slave, Toussaint Louverture, was the man who took control of the rebels.The Europeans had attempted to satisfy or make peace with the slaves or mixed people so the revolution would end.

  • Citizenship

    April of the year, the French assembly has granted citizenship to all of the emancipated slaves.

  • Peace Made With Revolutionary France

    Peace Made With Revolutionary France
    Toussaint Louverture was the man who made peace with revolutionary France, following its abolishment of slavery.

  • Haitian Independence Proclaimed

    Haitian Independence Proclaimed
    Jean-Jacques Dessalines proclaimed the independence of Saint-Domingue, which renamed it Haiti, after its original Arawak name. This occured two months after his defeat of Napolean Bonaparte's colonial forces.