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The French Revolution begins which sparked the Haitian Revolution and influenced them with ideas and concepts. It brought new citizenship, human rights, and government ideas. When the French Revolution commenced in 1789 there were five sets of group in the colony. There was white planters, slaves, petit blancs, mulattos, and "free blacks."

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There was three groups of African descent in Haiti. The ones who were free, the ones who were slaves, and the ones that ran away. There was 30,000 free black people and half of them were mulattos. There was a history of rebellions in the country and it was 10 to 1.

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The Haitian Revolution started in 1791, and the enslaved were led by Toussaint l'Overture. They rebelled against the planters.

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In 1792 a third of the island would be under the slaves control. The French had called in extra forces to come and help them but as the rebellion had grown, the French were unable to stop them. When the fight was over, 24,000 out of 40,000 white people and 100,000 out of 500,000 black people were killed.

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In 1793, British forces and French forces would start to try and conquer the colony. However, they were challenged by the rebels led by Toussaint l'Overture.

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Toussaint made the Haitian rebellion stronger. They fought off the British army and made them withdraw after several battles in 1798.

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In May 1802, Toussaint l'Overture was captured by the French after they had sent 43,000 troops. The troops were led by General Charles Leclerc who was the brother-in-law of Napoleon, French Ruler.

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In 1801 Toussaint expanded the revolution into the Dominican Republic and conquered it. He put an end to slavery in the spanish speaking countries and declared himself governor over both countries.

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In 1803 Toussaint dies in the prison of Fort-de-Joux in France from pneumonia. Dessalines took over after his capture and led the revolution afterwards.

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After Dessalines had taken over for l'Overture, he led the rebellion into the Battle of Vertieres, November 18, 1803. The French forces were defeated and the remaining forces that were on the colony left.

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Finally, on January 1, 1804 Dessalines has declared Haiti as it's own nation. Haiti was the first Black Republic in the world.