CAUSES OF THE HAITIAN REVOLUTION Impact of the French Revolution. The same intellectual base as the French Revolution‚ that is‚ the cry "libertie egalitie fraternitie" which means that all men had the right to be free and equal‚ did not exactly qualify which kind of person should be free‚ so all men (even slaves) were considered brothers. This thought pervaded the free coloureds and freed slave society and seemed to offer genuine equality and freedom for all on the island. The coloureds wanted
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Haitian Revolution The philosophical world began to accept more scientific outlook on the world. The scientific outlook began to explain the world as it exists. These years were known as the years of Enlightenment ideas. The philosophical thinkers known for these enlightenment ideas were: Voltaire‚ Montesquieu‚ Rousseau‚ and Locke‚ based ideas of equality and popular sovereignty. Their ideas gained fame‚ and often lead to revolts. These revolts against the sovereignty and questioning their
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The French Revolution greatly inspired feelings of rebellion among the Haitian people‚ which sparked the Haitian Revolution. The Haitian revolution was brought upon by the obvious oppression towards the people of Haiti but the French Revolution caused the beginnings of the inevitable uprisings by the complete disregard of the African’s natural rights that were stated in the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen. As well as inequality between social classes and Napoleon Bonaparte’s dishonored
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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
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The Haitian Revolution was a monumental event in the history of the Atlantic World. “For only the second time in history‚ a colony had revolted against their mother country to form an independent nation”(Riley)(1). With Haiti‚ this was especially unique due to the fact that the revolution resulted from a slave population overthrowing their oppressors and winning their freedom in addition to their political independence. “In the years prior to the start of the revolution‚ Saint Domingue
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reign‚ was one of the most prosperous islands and a huge benefit for France’s economy. Sugar cane was abundant on this island and France sent many African slaves to work on plantations established there. In 1791 a slave revolt broke out when the Haitians learned about the French revolution. This was the only successful slave revolt in history. From this success there was also an immense downfall‚ and what was once one of the richest islands of the 18th century‚ is now the poorest country in the world
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Napoleon’s influence on Haitian Revolution It is one of the most known successful slave rebellion ruled by blacks that took place between the years 1791 to 1804 in the western hemisphere. It lasted for a period of 12 years. ‘Haiti’ was renamed after the indigenous Arak name. The Haitian Revolution is the only revolution that leads to the founding of a state. Animosity grew between the African people and the whites due to racism (Geggus 45). In those years‚ the Haitian Revolution established Haiti
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their society and fighting for equal rights. While there are some major similarities and differences among these two revolts‚ the Haitian Revolution was more enlightened and fought for a more righteous cause. One way that the Haitian revolution was more enlightened than the French Revolution was in the way that women were treated during and after the revolts. While Haitians put gender aside to fight racial hatred‚ in France the women were fighting with the men against the upperclass and also simultaneously
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