Haitian Revolution

By jacob.pogletke24

  • 1700

    Caribbean was the economic center of the Americas.

  • 1776

    the American Revolution

  • 1779

    Free blacks from Saint-Domingue joined the French military and backed the American rebels

  • 1783

    United States won independence from British

  • 1789

    90% of the Haitian population was enslaved

  • 1789-1791

    First stage of Haitian Revolution

  • August, 1791

    Mass uprising of Haitians

  • 1791

    tens of thousands of enslaved people in the north of Haiti rose up against the plantation system.

  • 1793

    Ending of slavery in Haiti

  • 1794

    End of slavery throughout the French Empire

  • 1801

    Napoleon reverses France’s ban on slavery.

  • 1802

    Louverture was arrested

  • 1804

    Haitian gets their Independence from France

  • 1825

    France recognized Haitian independence

  • 1862

    United States recognizes Haiti as an independent country