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BEGINING OF HAITIAN REVOLUTION
Slaves in saint-dominque (now Haiti) were fed up with their harsh treatment and began revolting against French colonial rule. -
Massive slave uprising
Revolution kicked off big time with a massive slave uprising led by the toussaint l’ouverture and other leaders. -
France frees the slaves
because they were dealing with their own revolution drama at home. Toussaint was like, "Cool, cool," and joined forces with them. -
Toussaint declaring himself Governor- General
Toussaint was running the show, declaring himself Governor-General for life. He was all about peace and order, but France wasn't feeling it. -
Napoleons troops shut Toussaint down
France was like, "Nah, were not cool with this," and sent Napolcon's troops to shut Toussaint down. -
Toussaint got betrayed
Toussaint got betrayed, captured, and sent to die in a French prison. But his peeps didnt give up the fight. -
Haiti declared independence
Boom! Haiti declared independence, becoming the first black republie in the world.
Jean-Jacques Dessalines was like, "I'm the big boss now," and became the first ruler of independent Haiti.