Haitian Revolution (apr 19, 1791 – oct 19, 1804)
Description:
The year 1791 marked the beginning of the 13-year Haitian revolution. It was a slave rebellion against the French, who were rapidly expanding their sugar production and “large-scale irrigation projects”, so much so that there were more than 350 sugar estates in the colony of Saint Domingue alone. The slaves of the French colony, were growing frustrated with their people being poured into the new world to work on plantations. They saw an opportunity to revolt and took it. During the revolution, refugees flooded to North America in search of safety, expanding the battle grounds. After years of battles, the Haitians finally won and were granted independence from France in 1825.
The Haitian Revolution traces back to our material goods – relevant to this class. The whole reason that slaves were being exported to Haiti was to work the crop plantations – in this case, sugar plantations. As it was discussed in the previous paragraph, we are learning about the bad things that came out of material goods production. In the end, though, the Haitian slaves won their freedom. The photo to the left shows Toussaint L’Overture, a Haitian leader, holding the Haitian Constitution of 1801.
Added to timeline:
Hist4410 timeline
Date:
Images:
![]()
