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Jean-Jacques Dessalines
Jean-Jacques Dessalines was the leader of the Haitian Revolution Army and ordered many attacks that left many dead. He was born on September 20th of 1758 and died on October 17th in 1806, at the age of 48. Dessalines was the one who ordered the army to execute all French people on the island of Haiti, this later became known as the Haiti massacre of 1804. -
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François Capois
François Capois was the leader of the France army during the Battle of Vertières. He was born in 1766, and died on October 8, 1806 from assassination. Capois was in the military for 13 years, from 1793 to the time of death. -
Beginning of the Haitian Revolution
On the day of August 21, 1791 the Haitian Revolution started. A long struggle on the part of the slaves in the French colony of St. Domingue was the start of the Haitian Revolution. The Mulattoes, people that were not happy for being semi-citizens, were also a cause that started the Haitian Revolution. -
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The War of Knives
The War of Knives was a civil war from June of 1799 to July of 1800. It was between the haitian revolutionary, Toussaint Louverture, and his opponent, André Rigaud, a ruler of the south. The fight was over the control of the French colony of Saint-Domingue, Louverture won the war and gained control over the French colony. -
The Constitution of Saint-Domingue
The Constitution of Saint-Domingue was made by Toussaint Louverture, in 1801. This constitution made Toussaint the Governor for life, when any other person that became governor they only had a five year term. The Constitution of Saint-Domingue abolished slavery and racial restrictions on employment, but kept fermage, leases, and restrictions on movement. -
The Battle of Ravine-à-Couleuvres
The Battle of Ravine-à-Couleuvres took place on February 23, 1802. The Haitian army was under the command of General Leclerc. Before the Battle of Ravine-à-Couleuvres Toussaint Louverture addressed the soldiers of the Haitian army and gave a speech before battling the French. -
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The Battle of Crête-à-Pierrot
The Battle of Crête-à-Pierrot was from March 4 to March 24 of 1802. It is known as one of the fiercest military confrontations of the Haitian Revolution. The Battle of Crête-à-Pierrot was a fought by the French and Haitians for the fort of Crête-à-Pierrot to be able to control the access to the Cahos mountains. -
The Battle of Vertières
The Battle of Vertières was the last major battle of the Second War of Haitian Independence. It took place on the 18 of November in the year of 1803. The war was fought between France and the Haitian Rebels, overall there was about 2,400 deaths and 2,000 wounded. -
Independence for Haiti
On the date of January 1 of 1804 Haiti declared its independence. On this day Haiti became the second independent state in the western hemisphere and the first free black republic in the world. It also marked the end of the Haitian Revolution. -
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Haiti Massacre
The Haiti massacre took place in 1804 from early January until the 22nd of April. Jean-Jacques Dessalines’s army attacked the remaining white population of native French people and French Creoles The massacre happened all throughout Haiti and there was estimated to be 3,000-5,000 deaths.
