Haitian Revolution facts
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President Jefferson, a slaveholder, refused to recognize Haiti after the Haitian Revolution and imposed a trade embargo on them to ensure their economic failure, for fear that a successful slave revolt in the West Indies would inspire slaves in the US
how did the haitian revolution start?
After the Haitian Revolution, France forced Haiti to pay an "independence debt" because their plantation owners "lost" all those valuable slaves.
What was the haitian revolution?
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what caused the haitian revolution?
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Haitian Revolution precipitated the Louisiana purchase and that the U.S. only wanted New Orleans originally. After Haitian slaves drove French troops from Haiti, Napoleon lost interest in the Americas and sold the territory to the U.S. at a bargain.
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After the Haitian Revolution against French slavery, France forced Haiti to pay 150 million gold francs in reparations to French ex-slaveholders
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Over 500 Haitian gens de couleur libre (Free men of color) joined American and French troops in 1779 in a failed attempt to drive the British out of Savannah during the American Revolution
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After the slave-led Haitian Revolution of 1804, France demanded €17bn (today's value) in reparations or Haiti would suffer political isolation. Haiti finally paid it off in 1947 although the amount was ten-times the annual GDP of the country at the time.
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The Haitian revolution was the greatest slave uprising since Spartacus and the only one that successfully led to the founding of a state free of slavery.
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After winning the revolution 1804 Haitian soldiers killed between 3,000 to 5,000 white men, women, and children, which was then used as fearmongering by American politicians in the southern US
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During the Haitian Revolution of 2004, Max Hardberger sailed into the battle-torn hive of destruction in the middle of a warzone, boarded a ship pretending to be a potential buyer, and got his men to distract the guards while he snuck off, repaired a damaged engine, and cut the anchor.
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Many Polish soldiers aided Haitians in fighting the French during the Haitian Revolution.
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Napoleon Bonaparte had plans to build a new French Empire in the Americas. This plan was abandoned after France's stunning defeat in the Haitian Revolution and subsequent failure to retake the island. This resulted in the sale of all of France's American territory in the Louisiana Purchase.
