Haitian Revolution

By nicolepickens2005

  • Caribbean was the economic center of America

  • American Revolution

    the date the constitution was wrote on

  • Free people of color join French military

    a lot of free blacks from Saint-Domingue joined the French military

  • America wins independence from England

    America got independence from England

  • Most of population is enslaved

    90% of the Haitian population were slaves
  • Period: to

    First part of Haitian Revolution

    Started when free people of color started to fight for political rights. They started with peacefully and then violently

  • Mass uprising of Haitians

    Slaves rise against plantations

  • 1793

    the uprising became a big political movement and it forced local officials to end slavery in the colony

  • France ends slavery

    Officials in France end slavery throughout the French empire

  • Napoleon tried to reverse the ban of slavery in France

    Napoleon Bonaparte tried to reverse France's ban on slavery

  • Louverture was arrested

    Was arrested and died in prison

  • Haitians gained independence

    Gained their independence in 1804

  • France recognizes haiti's independence

    France recognizes Haiti's independence

  • U.S recognizes haiti's independence

    Last ones to recognize haiti's independence