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"After the slaves in Haiti won freedom against France, the previous slaves became the official leaders of Haiti." (WordPress) During the revolt Toussaint Louverture,who was previously a slave, led the slaves to freedom. He was a freed slave so he had access to education which he taught to the previous slaves. He became the leader of the Haitian independence movement before the actual revolution was a thing. -
"The enlightenment ideas inspired other revolutions which inspired the Haitian evolution." (Britannica) The Haitian revolution was greatly impacted by both the French revolution and the enlightenment. The ideas from the enlightenment they used were equality, separation of religion, the right to vote. -
"The enlightenment inspired people to fight for religious tolerance and social standards." (Ukessays) Some of the people who ended up as slaves were because of their religion. Rousseau supported the contract to separate basing peoples rights off of social status. The contract allowed all citizens the right to vote. -
"Jean Jacques Rousseau influenced the rebellion during the Haitian revolution." (crf-usa) Jean Jacques Rousseau was an enlightenment philosopher that inspired Rousseau's idea of including the citizens in creating laws and voting influenced the Haitian people to want to do that for themselves. He supported the idea that all men are born free. . -
"The slaves in Haiti were treated so cruelly which is what drove them to hating their “master” and fighting back ." (WordPress) Slavery in Haiti is one of the harshest systems which is what drove the slaves in Haiti to hatred and fight back. The Spanish attacked and enslaved Taino people and showed a horrible attitude towards them all the time. Slaves in Haiti did dangerous work in Gold mines that had bad toxins which was unusual work. This terrible way of treating people lasted until 1793. -
"Dessalines was a leader in the Haitian revolution who was previously." (BlackPast) Dessalines was second is command to Toussaint Louverture. Dessalines tricked the French by acting to side with them. He died two years after the revolution because independence didn’t bring peace. -
"The enlightenment idea of equality between men inspired the slave revolt and is what initially started it." (Scholarworks) The enlightenment ideas were difficult to acquire in this situation but since so many other people were able to gain freedom with this idea the Haitian people fought for it. People were treated unequally based off of gender, race, class, religion. There biggest battle in 1803 was caused because the French tried to regain control again. -
"The Haitian Revolution is known as the most successful and the largest slave rebellion in the Western Hemisphere ." (BlackPast) The Haitian revolution was the most effective slave revolt and inspired many more people to fight for equal rights. The Haitian had many revolutions making it more complex than others. The revolution represented a new concept of human rights. It officially became successful when it ended in 1804.
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