jan 1, 1791 - Slave uprising in Haiti
Description:
Two months after his defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte's colonial forces, Jean-Jacques Dessalines proclaims the independence of Saint-Domingue, renaming it Haiti after its original Arawak name. In 1791, a slave revolt erupted on the French colony, and Toussaint-Louverture, a former slave, took control of the rebels.Added to timeline:
Date:
jan 1, 1791
Now
~ 234 years ago