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Tensions begin in France, ruling becomes unstable, the country is overrun by bloodthirsty radicals
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Jacques Vincent Oge begins his smaller uprising, signifying dissent between the slaves (and free men of color) and their owners/white people
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Begins by burning sugar plantations at the same moment, which was initiated and planned during voodoo ceremonies (voodoo being a religion outlawed by the French) headed by Dutty Boukman in which they united a vast network of Africans, mulattoes, maroons, commanders, house slaves, field slaves, and free blacks
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The National Assembly in France revokes a decree that had once given limited rights to free blacks and mulattos. They send three commissioners to restore order in Saint-Domingue. Armed rebellion begins.
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France declared as a republic, Rochambeau appointed as governor of Haiti. Reign of terror begins in Saint Domingue. Freedom is granted to slaves in exchange for military participation.
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Becomes the power in Haiti and accidentally threatens French by sending the civil commissioner forcefully home.
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A general sails with 20,000 soldiers to attempt to retake Haiti, with Rochambeau second in command. 3 stages 1: Pretend to be peaceful 2: Disarm all the militants and wage war against them to cut their morale 3: Reinstate slavery
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Dessalines and Christophe continue the revolution. Rochambeau leads french. Yellow fever kills many of the French. The slaves win.
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Publishes a declaration of independence. Forms the world’s first black republic