Essay On Haitian Revolution

The Haitian Revolution is described as the largest and most successful slave rebellion in the Western Hemisphere. It was first initiated in 1791 by slaves, with Toussaint L’Ouverture as the leader of the pack. They had become successful by 1803 by ending slavery as well as putting an end to the control that the French had over their colonies. Back in the 18th century, Saint Domingue, as Haiti was once called, was France’s wealthiest overseas colony because of its sugar, coffee, cotton, and indigo produced by the enslaved labor force.
Right before the Haitian Revolution broke out, there was the French Revolution which broke out in 1789. It became one of the greatest representations of human rights, universal citizenship, and government participation.
A couple of events that led to the Haitian Revolution included the execution of rebel leader Vincent Oge. The rebellion was also initiated because there were two different accounts in which there was the denial of the Haitians’ Declaration of Rights of Man: Society of the Friends of Blacks, which was inspired and loosely based on the original French Declaration of Rights of Man. Both events resulted in more intense and armed rebellions, escalating until, in 1804, Haiti declared independence from France.
Vincent Oge was a very educated and wealthy man. He was sent to plead before the National Assembly for the concession of civil rights to free men of color and for the freedom of the enslaved people of Haiti. Vincent Oge alongside Julien Raimond petitioned the European delegates from the plantations in support of their claim for civil and political rights. They were fully supported by a group called the Societe de Amis des Noirs, or Friends of the Blacks. In March 1790, the National Assembly granted full civic rights to all persons over the age of 25 years, who had certain income qualifications but the French assembly left it to the colonial to decide if the men of color would be included. Unfortunately they were