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The Haitian Revolution

The Haitian Revolution . Thomas Coneys Jr. Global dynamics Mr. McDonald. Haiti . A French colony on the island of Hispaniola in the Caribbean Also known Saint Dominique In the 18 th century Haiti was the wealthiest French colony over seas. . Timeline .

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The Haitian Revolution

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  1. The Haitian Revolution Thomas Coneys Jr. Global dynamics Mr. McDonald

  2. Haiti • A French colony on the island of Hispaniola in the Caribbean • Also known Saint Dominique • In the 18th century Haiti was the wealthiest French colony over seas.

  3. Timeline • In 1789 the French revolution ends • 1791 the Haitian slave rebellion begins • 1803 Haiti gains its independence from France and ends slavery -It is said that much like the French revolution gained its inspiration from the American revolution the Haitian revolution gained its inspiration from the French revolution explaining their close proximity on a time line.

  4. Social groups with in the colony • At the time of the rebellion there were 5 main social groups: the white planters, petite Blancs, Freed slaves, run-away slaves and slaves -the White planters and Petite Blancs accounted for about 40,000 of haiti’s population while the freed slaves and current slaves accounted for over 530,000 -the ratio of slaves to whites was approximately 10-1

  5. The leader of the rebellion Toussaint Breda alsocalled Toussaint L'Ouverture afterhisvictory over the french

  6. The beginning of the rebellion • The first act of revolution occurred on August 21, 1791 when Toussaint Breda led a slave rebellionagainst white planters • By 1792 heformer slaves controlled 1/3 of Haïti

  7. The conflict expands • Soon after Toussaint Breda revolt french troopswere sent to qual the slave uprising, theyhadlittleeffect. • By 1793 british troopsarrived in an attempt to claim the island as theirownhowevertheyleft in 1798 aftersufferingseveraldefeatsat the hands of Toussaint Breda

  8. Death tolls • As the conflict grew so did the violence 100,000 of the 500,000 blacks and 24,000 of the 40,000 whites were killed.

  9. 1801 • By 1801 the slave revolt spilled over into the British colony of Santo Domingo known presently as the domincan republic • After Toussaint Breda gained control over the entireisland of Hispaniola in 1801 heabolishedslavery • Shortlyafterabolishingslavery Toussaint Breda namedhimselfGovernor-General for life over the island of Hispaniola

  10. The French fight back • General Charles Leclerc, Napoleon's brother in law was sent to Saint Dominique with 43000 French soldiers to capture Toussaint • After his capture he was sent back to France were he died in prison in 1803 • By January, 1st, 1804 under the lead of Jean-Jacques Dessalines Saint Dominique declared its independence and renamed in Haiti

  11. Independence!

  12. 2 short videos • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvpRpYIZXow • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3D_VBTVMxYU&feature=related

  13. sources • http://www.google.com/imgres?um=1&hl=en&safe=off&sa=N&rls=com.microsoft:en-us:IE-SearchBox&rlz=1I7TSND_enUS447US448&biw=1249&bih=508&tbm=isch&tbnid=0BDQdD0QlWqpHM:&imgrefurl=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haiti&docid=V9vnTD6cFR2aFM&imgurl=http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Haiti_map.png/300px-Haiti_map.png&w=300&h=322&ei=uPSKT9OtOcfw0gGiotzvCQ&zoom=1&iact=rc&dur=75&sig=115409223737121576587&page=1&tbnh=134&tbnw=125&start=0&ndsp=12&ved=1t:429,r:0,s:0,i:149&tx=71&ty=68 • http://www.historywiz.com/toussaint.htm • http://www.blackpast.org/?q=gah/haitian-revolution-1791-1804

  14. Sources • http://www.google.com/imgres?um=1&hl=en&safe=off&sa=N&rls=com.microsoft:en-us:IE-SearchBox&rlz=1I7TSND_enUS447US448&biw=1249&bih=508&tbm=isch&tbnid=0l53mmXk874ynM:&imgrefurl=http://haitianwebquest.blogspot.com/&docid=iUUYtouRByscSM&imgurl=http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-iubRwy-pJIc/TybhIk_d_EI/AAAAAAAAA-E/H6n6htamhdw/s1600/fourthworldart3.jpg&w=359&h=310&ei=GQWLT9nhDMrf0QHz66SACg&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=500&vpy=182&dur=2473&hovh=209&hovw=242&tx=76&ty=203&sig=115409223737121576587&page=1&tbnh=137&tbnw=154&start=0&ndsp=15&ved=1t:429,r:10,s:0,i:144 • http://www.google.com/imgres?um=1&hl=en&sa=N&rls=com.microsoft:en-us:IE-SearchBox&rlz=1I7TSND_enUS447US448&biw=1249&bih=508&tbm=isch&tbnid=-Prgf7mT-9VbwM:&imgrefurl=http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/ht.html&docid=zfIXEKvRbMAc8M&imgurl=http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/images/h/ht_3_4.gif&w=288&h=216&ei=CUCLT6z9M6Lk0QHm74DTCQ&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=338&vpy=2&dur=610&hovh=172&hovw=230&tx=72&ty=99&sig=115482789894985035909&page=1&tbnh=166&tbnw=204&start=0&ndsp=5&ved=1t:429,r:1,s:0,i:144

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