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Slaves revolt begins, tradition says it starts with voodoo ceremony led by duty boukman. He is catured and executed , but revolt spread and " are torched".
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french assembly abolishes slavery and all it's colonies, Ratifying what it is already saint - domingue.
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Treaty of Basle gave france Santo Dominigo and ceased spanish hostilities .
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Toussaint L'Ouverture defeats British and Spanish troops that invaded Santo Domingo and controls the entire island.
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Napoleon sends 40,000 troops under his brother - in law , Gen. charles leclerc, to reestablish slavery and the colonies. leclerc , deceives and captures toussaint and ships him to france where he dies in prison.
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The haitian blue and red flag is adopted at the congress of arcahaie. the battle of bertieres is the last victory of the haitian over the french.
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After the defeating the french foreces, Jeans -Jacques dessalines declares Haiti a independence nation , taking an Arawak name meaning country of mountains.
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dessalines is assassinated and Hati spilts into two states, a northern state led by an emperor, Henri Christ Ophe, and a southern republic led by president Alexandre Petion.