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- Slaves were treated very poorly and had little respect
- They planted and produced sugar for a living

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Why was sugar so important to the Haitian community?

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Sugar was important to the community as it was seen as a valuable and useful source for food. It produced 40 percent of Europes sugar and 60 percent of its coffee.

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- By the nineteenth century slaves made up about 90 percent of the population.
- Miserable working conditions and diseases such as yellow fever made their lives quite short.
- A lot of the workers were women

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What caused these diseases and why did so many people die from them?

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- During this year some slaves heard a rumour that the King of France freed them
- Once word of the Declaration of Rights got out, it gave hope to the people of colour and the slaves

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- In 1791 the slaves decided to start fighting back for what they thought was right
- In October of 1793 the British decided to invade Saint-Domingue.
- Then the French Military decided to free the slaves

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Why did the French Military all of a sudden decide to free the slaves?

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Because, once the British started invading Saint-Domingue they realized that they couldn't possibly win the fight against the British, the Spanish, and the slaves. So to try and "make things right" they chose to free the slaves.

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- Although the free of the slaves was granted they still had to continue to work as everyone thought that sugar was a vital source for the economic health.

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- A former slave
-  He was now the leader
- Between 1794 and 1802 as he was an able politician he successfully steered the colony towards independence.
- In 1802 he was sent to prison where he then died in 1803
- This wasn't a big problem as he wasn't loved by many on the island since he still wanted the salves to grow sugar.

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How did he go from being a former slave to leading the only successful slave revolt?

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- During this time the Haitians started fighting with Charles-Victor and all of his soldiers
- Which they had little chance of winning
-They did have one advantage though which was disease
-Diseases such as yellow fever killed many soldiers

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-Finally Napoleon gave up on trying to win back the island and sold Thomas Jefferson Louisiana
- That was how former slaves of Haiti gave America Louisiana.

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He had a very big advantage growing up through a good family. His godfather taught him how to read and write and was soon allowed access to the library. He was a very intelligent person and decided he wanted to join the insurgency. Which is what lead to him leading the slave revolt.

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This isn't a connection per say but it is very unfair how life worked out for the slaves. Unless you were born into a good family or had a useful skill to share you would be put to work forever. Unlike L'Overture who is no less equal than everyone else had the upper hand of the stick.

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It has always been put out there that Haiti hasn't been the most fortunate island. Between what happened during the revolution, the earthquake that took place a few years back, and their unfortunate poorness, they just weren't as lucky. All of the things that are still happening there today, are related to what it was like back then.

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Although the living conditions of others I know aren't nearly as bad as during the revolution, there are still people living in poverty. I've known people who haven't had much luck during their life, it's tough, sometimes the universe just isn't fair. But they got through it and are some of the strongest people I know to this day.

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The Haitian Revolution was a rejection of France. It was also European racism and colonialism. Haiti was the second free and independent nation state in the Americas. It had one of the most successful slave revolts, ever. Overall a lot of records were made, without this revolution we wouldn't be where we are today with peoples rights. I've learned a huge amount of information about this revolution and about the state of Haiti today. Of course over the last years a few tragedies struck. But, everyone fought through it. The people of this revolution stood up for the fact that no one should be slaves, the people that need protection from the government, no matter what race or gender, should be allowed that protection. They stood up for people, while the rest of the world was too afraid.