brief overview of the haitian revolution, 1791-1804 eric beckman anoka hs, mn the louverture project...
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Brief Overview of the Haitian Revolution,
1791-1804
Eric BeckmanAnoka HS, MN
The Louverture ProjectLiberty, Equality, Fraternity @GMU
McKay, et al, History of Western Society
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Who was Toussaint Louverture?Print made from an 1838 engraving
French print fromAn 1802 engraving
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Haiti
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Haiti
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Haiti
Hayti, Taino word for the island
Western half of Santo Domingo, aka Hispaniola
French colony of Saint-Domingue, 1697-1804
Second Independent nation-state in Western Hemisphere
Site of largest successful slave revolt in history
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French Saint-Domingue (Haiti)
Sugar, coffee, and indigo
Slave labor Richest colony
Sugar Mill, engraving from 17th c. French book
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People of French St.-Domingue
African Slaves Free people of color
Some biracial Some black
Whites Petit blancs Plantation
owners Many absentee
owners
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Boukman Rebellion, a massive slave revolt, 1791
• Secret meetings• Vodou
• Armies• Rebelling slaves
• Free men of color
• Royalist whites
• Republican whites
• Toussaint Louverture emerged as a leader
• Spanish support
• French Revolution: Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen
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Boukman's Rebellion became a war
•Toussaint Louverture's army wins victories
•10,000 whites flee St.-Domingue (Haiti)
•National Assembly in France enfranchises free men of color
•But, maintains slavery
•Racial violence:
•petit blancs v. free people of color
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Civil War in Haiti, years of fightingoRoyalist v Republican
oWhite elite v Free men of color
oRebelling Slaves
oToussaint Louverture's army conquers northern Haiti
oSpanish guns
oSeveral armies
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End of Slavery
• Rebelling Slaves
• French Proclamations
• St. Domingue, 1793
• All French territory, 1794
• Revolutionary armies in Haiti join with French
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Toussaint Louverture became a French Official
Leads his Army against Spanish & British Other Haitian armies
Others lead by biracial Haitians Toussaint Louverture won victories over the
whole island of Santo Domingo
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Napoloeon Bonaparte seizes power in France, 1799•Rules as dictator in the
name of the French Revolution (?)
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Toussaint Louverture rules all of Santo Domingo as Governor-General, 1801-1802
Constitution of 1801 (for all of Santo Domingo)
Abolished slavery
Elected legislature
Santo Domingo remains French
Toussaint Louverture = Governor General for life
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Napoleon Sends an Army to Reconquer St. Domingue (Haiti),
1802Eventually, attempts to reinstitute slavery
Massive French casualties
50,000 of 58,000 die
French commander deceives and imprisons Toussaint Louverture
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Louverture in French Prison
•Toussaint Louverture dies in French prison, 1803
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Who was Toussaint Louverture?Print made from an 1838 engraving
French print fromAn 1802 engraving
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Source:Tobias Lear
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Haitian Independence!
Former Slave Jean Jacques Dessaline and former “free man of color” Alexandre Petion unite to lead Haitian revolutionaries to victories over French troops
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Haitian Independence, 1804
French forces abandon Haiti
Dessalines declares Haitian independence, 1/1/1804
Dessalines declares himself Emperor of Haiti, rules 1804-1806
Desalines with the Haitian bicolor, blue over red
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Haitian Revolution in World History
Napoleon abandons idea of empire in the Americas sells Louisiana to the USA
News spreads to the US Rebellious slaves
Paranoid slave
Haitian government shelters Simon Bolivar, before his successful wars of independence
Toussaint Louverture becomes a hero to millions striving for freedom