Was The Haitian Revolution Justified?
The Haitian Revolution
Every country has a story on how it became its own independent nation, some were founded off of colonists moving, looking for a new life in a new territory, some revolt against their current corruption of a government, and that is exactly what the Haitians did. The Haitian revolution from 1791-1804 was the most successful slave revolt in history. With every revolution comes questions such as; why did they revolt? What lead to the revolt? Were they successful? What was the end result of the revolution? The revolution of the French colony of St. Domingue, now known as Haiti, was justified because the Haitians formed a new state with a new successful government, they separated from France, and the Haitians achieved their own rights as humans.
Every revolution has a cause, no country would overthrow their government for no reason. There was one main reason which fueled the inspiration of a revolution for the Haitian people of St. …show more content…
Was the Haitian Revolution justified? I believe that it indeed was justified. Based on all the information about the Haitians and the people that live in St. Domingue I feel that it was time for a change. The people of St. Domingue were tired of seeing their fellow slaves being treated so poorly and they knew something had to be done about it. A revolution to overthrow the current corruption of the government for the civil rights of the people is absolutely acceptable in my eyes. White plantation owners used these half a million slaves purely for profit and cared very little for them or their families. The slaves were treated as property, no person should ever have to be treated like that, we are all equal human beings and we should all have the same civil rights. For every white citizen of St. Domingue there was 15 enslaved blacks. The majority of people on the island were treated like dirt, of course a revolution was justified under these
Every country has a story on how it became its own independent nation, some were founded off of colonists moving, looking for a new life in a new territory, some revolt against their current corruption of a government, and that is exactly what the Haitians did. The Haitian revolution from 1791-1804 was the most successful slave revolt in history. With every revolution comes questions such as; why did they revolt? What lead to the revolt? Were they successful? What was the end result of the revolution? The revolution of the French colony of St. Domingue, now known as Haiti, was justified because the Haitians formed a new state with a new successful government, they separated from France, and the Haitians achieved their own rights as humans.
Every revolution has a cause, no country would overthrow their government for no reason. There was one main reason which fueled the inspiration of a revolution for the Haitian people of St. …show more content…
Was the Haitian Revolution justified? I believe that it indeed was justified. Based on all the information about the Haitians and the people that live in St. Domingue I feel that it was time for a change. The people of St. Domingue were tired of seeing their fellow slaves being treated so poorly and they knew something had to be done about it. A revolution to overthrow the current corruption of the government for the civil rights of the people is absolutely acceptable in my eyes. White plantation owners used these half a million slaves purely for profit and cared very little for them or their families. The slaves were treated as property, no person should ever have to be treated like that, we are all equal human beings and we should all have the same civil rights. For every white citizen of St. Domingue there was 15 enslaved blacks. The majority of people on the island were treated like dirt, of course a revolution was justified under these