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- August 1791, FranceThe French Revolution has started. French holdings in the country and around the world are in a precarious position due to the weakened state of France.
- In the French Colony of Saint Domingue, Unrest grew among the slaves.Slaves in the Colony were one of the harshest treated slaves in the world.
- We must rise up!
- we outnumber them 10:1!
- The State Promised us Freedom!
- We need our Freedom!
- On 21 August 1791, The slaves in the Northern Haiti began the Haitian Revolution. They were led by Toussaint Louverture, who disciplined the slaves and supplied by the Spanish British.
- Rise up against the French!
- The revolt successfully staved off French Armies for several years but switched sides to the French against Britain and Spain in 1794, in response to the French abolishing slavery
- Run! Retreat!
- By 1789, the British and their allies leave the colony in defeat, thanks in large part to disease and Toussaint's expert training of his army.
- Attack!
- After Britain left the Island, a period of relative peace in the colony sets in and Toussaint declares himself governor-general for life. However, back in France, Napoleon conducts a coup and sends Charles Leclerc and an army to reinstate French Rule over Saint Domingue.
- Arrest Toussaint! Ship him to France!
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