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Caribbean was the economic center of the America's.
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This year the American Revolution started.
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Freed blacks from Saint Domingue joined the French military and backed the American rebels.
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United States won independence from Britain.
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Ninety percent of the Haitian population was enslaved.
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First stage of the Haitian Revolution
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In 1791, tens of thousands of enslaved people in the north of Haiti rose up against the plantation system.
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Mass uprising of Haitians.
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Ending of slavery in Haiti (St. Domingue).
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Ending of slavey throughout the French Empire.
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Napoleon reverses France's ban on slavery.
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Louverture was arrested (the leader of Haiti).
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Haiti independence from France.
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France recognized Haitian independence.
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United States recognizes Haiti as an independent country.