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In, 1798, 24,00 free people of color with about 30,000 people in the colony (Green)
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Slaves heard a rumor that the King of France had freed them and also heard of the idea of equality (Green)
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In 1791, radical petit blancs seized the city of Port- au- Prince while France was at war with most of Europe (Green)
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The National Assembly gave full French citizenship to all free men of color (Green)
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In August of 1791, there was a slave revolt in Saint Domingue (Lecture Notes)
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The Spanish gave support to the leader of Saint Domingue, L'Ouverture (Green)
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In October of 1793, the British attacked Saint Domingue (Green)
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L’Ouverture steered the colony toward independence
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The National Convention in Paris ratified the decree to free the slaves (Green)
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Napoleon seized power in France (Green)
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Second phase of Haitian Revolution started, the fight for independence (Green)
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150,000 people died caused from the war (Green)
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L’Ouverture was arrested, shipped to France, and died in prison (Green)
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January 1, 1804, Dessalines who had defeated the French, declared to island of Saint Domingue and renamed it Haiti (Green)
