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The Caribbean was the economic center. The trades continuously grew due to sugar and coffee from the plantations along with outside trades like North American colonies and New England.
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In February of 1774, France had ended slavery throughout the French empire.
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The American Revolution was well known its successfulness towards gaining independence from Britain in 1783 (the end date of the revolution).
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Throughout Haiti, it was found that 90% of their population was enslaved.
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The basic understanding of the Haitian Revolution was to show it was an anti-slavery revolution led by slaves. It was a direct fight towards countries who profited from slavery, this included the United States.
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in 1791 people who were free and of color began to fight for political rights. This began peacefully but quickly rose into violence due to the fact that divisions developed between planters and French gov't officials. This created an opening for enslaved people to take advantage of. They soon began multiplying into tens of thousands and burned sugarcane fields and murdered slave masters to show they were against the plantation system.
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Slaves were freed in 1793 in St. Domingue and this was the start to a new colony. In 1804 a man named Jean-Jacques Dessalines had led Haiti to a new nation.
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in 1801 Napoleon Bonaparte had shown he did not like the fact that France had gotten rid of slavery and had tried everything to revoke the loss of slaves. This led to the war between France and Haiti and Haiti managed to beat France leading to the independence of Haiti from France in January 1804.
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In 1802 Louverture (leader of Haiti) was arrested and later died in prison after defeating one of his enemies with the help of the U.S Navy. Louverture left the leadership of the military up to Dessalines.
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France had Haiti as an independent colony/nation and was the first to do so.
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Long years after France had recognized Haiti as an independent colony/nation, the U.S had finally decided to.