Haitian Revolution

​Haitian Revolution

Led by enslaved people

After the enslaved people in Saint Domingue rose up, they created the nation of Haiti, the world's first independent country founded by former slaves. Toussaint L'Ouverture led the uprising against the French plantation owners. During the French Revolution, under one of the consitutions, slavery had been abolished.

Multiple Choice

Sugar plantations were introduced to Haiti in 1700, this _____ the demand for slaves?

• Increased
• Decreased
• Demand was unchanged
• All of the above

Multiple Choice

Which group of people were glad slavery was abolished and believed it extended to Saint Domingue?

• enslaved people in Haiti

• enslavers (plantation owners) in Haiti

Multiple Choice

Which group of people did NOT want slavery to end in Saint Domingue?

• enslaved people in Saint Domingue

• Plantation owners (enslavers) in Saint Domingue

The French captured L'ouverture, but the revolution went on. Eventually Haiti became a free country. BUT they had to fight Britain, Spain, and France! They also had to pay a huge bill $90 million gold francs (today that would be about 21 billion dollars) to compensate the slaveholders. That may be why Haiti is a very poor country today.​

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Match

Match the following

• This country attacked because they didn't want a rebellion in Santo Domingo

• This country attacked because they didn't want a rebellion in Jamaica

• This country refused to trade with Haiti because they had a lot of enslavers in power

• These people were inspired and wanted freedom too!

• These people were afraid it would happen in the U.S. and were even harder on the people they had enslaved

Spain

Britain

U.S.

Enslaved people in the United States

Enslavers in the United States

• Spain

• Britain

• U.S.

• Enslaved people in the United States

• Enslavers in the United States