Haitian Revolution

By patrick.hawley

  • Vincent Oge begins a rebellion for Free People of Color

  • 1791 Slave Rebellion

  • Slave Rebels Control one third of the island

  • Free Men of Color given Political Rights

  • Sonthanax sent to protect rights of Free People of Color

  • Toussaint Louverture fights for the Spanish Army

  • Sonthanax abolishes slavery in Saint-Domingue.

  • France Abolishes slavery in all colonies

  • Toussaint joins the French Forces

  • Period: to

    Toussaint expels British and Spanish forces from the island

    Toussaint wins battles and expels the British and Spanish forces from the island

  • Toussiant issues constitution for an idenpendent Haiti and is proclamied as governor for life

    (Approx)

  • Napoleon sends over his brother, Leclerc, to retake the island

    (Approx.)

  • Toussaint captured and taken to prison in France

  • Leclerc dies of Yellow Fever

  • Vicomte de Rochambeau replaces Leclerc

  • Dessalines deafeats Rochambeau in the Battle of Vertières

  • Dessalines declares Haiti's independence, name changed to Haiti

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