Haitian Revolution

Examples of Haitian Revolution in the following topics:

• In the South: The Haitian Revolution

  • The success of the Haitian Revolution caused widespread anxiety in the U.S. that slaves elsewhere would be similarly inspired to revolt.
  • The Haitian Revolution (1791–1804) began as a slave insurrection in French colony of Saint-Domingue and culminated in the abolition of slavery in the French Antilles and the founding of the Haitian republic.
  • This racial tension imploded with the outbreak of the French Revolution in 1789.
  • The French Revolution was at first widely welcomed by various factions on the island.
  • General Toussaint Louverture is the most widely known leaders of the Haitian Revolution

• Napoleon and the New World

  • Napoleon's decisions to reinstate slavery in French colonies and sell the Louisiana territory to the United States, together with the triumph of the Haitian Revolution, made his colonial policies some of the greatest failures of his rule.
  • The end of what remained of France's first colonial empire began in 1791 when Saint Domingue (the Western third of the Caribbean island of Hispaniola), France's richest and most important colony was riven by a massive slave revolt (Haitian Revolution).
  • During the Revolution, the National Convention voted to abolish slavery in 1794.
  • Saint-Domingue slave revolt in 1791 (Haitian Revolution), German copper engraving, author unknown.
  • Napoleon's role in the Haitian Revolution and decision to reinstate slavery in France's oversea colonies remain controversial and affect his reputation as one of the most brilliant rulers in global history.

• Slavery and Politics

  • The Haitian Revolution (1791–1804) began as a slave insurrection in the French colony of Saint-Domingue and culminated in the abolition of slavery in the French Antilles and the founding of the Haitian republic.
  • Jeffersonians resisted antislavery and abolition vigorously, pointing to the violence of the revolution in Haiti as justification for keeping Africans enslaved in the United States.
  • The United States officially joined with other European nations in a policy of nonrecognition of Haiti and a boycott on Haitian trade after Dessalines declared himself emperor 1804.
  • In 1806, with concern developing over the rise in the number of free black people in the United States and the success of the Haitian Revolution, the Virginia General Assembly modified the 1782 slave law to permit the re-enslavement of freedmen who remained in the state for more than twelve months after manumission.
  • General Toussaint Louverture is the most widely known leader of the Haitian Revolution.

• Gabriel's Rebellion

  • Gabriel's uprising was notable not because of its results—the rebellion was quelled before it could begin—but because it demonstrated the potential for mass resistance and revolution.
  • This ratio made white slave owners in the region particularly fearful of revolts such as the Haitian Revolution that began in the 1790s.
  • The French and Haitian Revolutions had encouraged the emigration of many slave-owning whites and free people of color to the American South.

• Early Opposition to Slavery

  • From 1780 to 1810, the number of slaves freed in the Upper South had grown markedly, as some slaveholders were inspired to free slaves by the American Revolution and its ideals.
  • They were uneasy as well about the violent aftermath of the French Revolution and the uprising of slaves in the 1790s in Saint Domingue.
  • Whites and free people of color, some of whom were also slaveholders, emigrated as refugees to the U.S. during the years of upheaval, now known as the Haitian Revolution.

• The Language of Liberty

  • The American language of liberty is a concept deeply rooted in the Anglo-American colonial experience as well as the American Revolution.
  • In the aftermath of the American Revolution and the establishment of the United States republic, many contemporaries lauded the Bill of Rights and the Constitution as the legacies of Enlightenment and liberal British principles that would safeguard the rights and liberties of American men.
  • This fear was most prevalent in the aftermath of the Haitian Revolution, when ex-slaves in Haiti massacred their white masters and established a subsistence economy based on peasant proprietorship.

• The French Empire

  • Nicknamed the Pearl of the Antilles, Saint-Domingue became the richest colony in the Caribbean until a 1791 slave revolt, which began the Haitian Revolution, led to freedom for the colony's slaves in 1794.

• Exploration and Conquest of the New World

  • This colonial era ended with a slave revolt in 1791, which began the Haitian Revolution and led to freedom for the colony's slaves in 1794 and complete independence for the country a decade later.

• Clinton and Foreign Policy

  • Strategists saw each coup, revolution, and civil war as part of the larger struggle between the United States and the Soviet Union.
  • In 1993, thousands of Haitians tried to flee to the United States as well, but more than half were sent back to Haiti by the U.W.
  • Although Clinton had criticized former President Bush for returning Haitian refugees to their country, he continued part of Bush's policy because he feared that accepting refugees might encourage many more to flee to the United States and slow the formation of a democratic government in the country.
  • In 1994, Clinton publicly demanded that the Haitian military junta step aside and restore democratic rule, despite the fact that, before the coup, Washington had repeatedly undermined Aristide's regime.

• Wilson and Latin America

  • He negotiated a treaty with Colombia in which the U.S. apologized for its role in the Panama Revolution of 1903–1904.
  • American troops occupied Haiti between 1915 and 1934, forcing the Haitian legislature to choose a presidential candidate selected by Wilson.
  • The Mexican Revolution was a major armed struggle that began in 1910 with an uprising led by Francisco I.
  • The revolution hurt the Mexican economy and pushed Wilson to intervene in order to protect American interests.
  • Villa was an important leader during the Mexican Revolution.