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Haitian Revolutiion
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Slave labor in Saint-Dominigue
Saint-Domingue produced sugar, coffee, cocoa, indigo, tobacco, cotton, as well as some fruits and vegetables for France -
Slave Culture
Slaves start understanding each other and start plotting against the upper classes -
Haitian Slavery
Considered the worst wrok conditions in the world -
Population
90& of Saint-Dominigue were slaves -
Importation
Thousands of slaes were imported to Haiti to become slaves -
Napoleon tries to win slavery back
napoleon sent 2,000 troops to gain back Haiti and get the revolution to a stop. but more than half of his troops died from yellow fever -
French Revolution
Filled slaves with determination on a revolt. -
Toussaint l’Overture first revolt
Being a former slave, Toussaint l’Overture led the first rebellion -
The former slaves fend off the british army
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Toussaint l’Overture dies in prison after napoleon captures him
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Jean jacques de Salines takes over
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Independence
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Bolivar joins the resistance
