Prominent Players
Toussaint Louverture
Toussaint Louverture was the most prominent figure in the Haitian revolution. Before the Haitian revolt, Toussaint had served in the Spaniard army. He was well trained. With this military knowledge he possessed, he led an army of slaves and trained them well. After peace was made between the French and the native Haitians, Toussaint was tricked into going to France. He was later interrogated and died there. He is widely considered to have ended slavery on the island of Haiti.
John Kay, Toussaint L'Ouverture 1805. Public Domain https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/85/Toussaint_louverture.jpg
Napoleon Bonaparte was the leader of the French military. He was in charge of figuring out the Haitian crisis. He sent his brother in law Charles Leclerc to deal with the situation. Napoleon was not fond of the idea of France not being in control of the island. During peace times it is rumored that napoleon was to re-institute slavery on the islands. This lead to the final revolt, and removal of the french troops in Haiti.
Napoleon Bonaparte
Jean-Jacques Dessalines was brought to the island of Haiti as a slave and ended up as the emperor of Haiti. During the French revolution, Dessalines escaped his servitude joining the slave rebellion. He served as a general under Toussaint Louverture until Toussaint was sent back to, France. Dessalines stayed peaceful until Napoleon announced the reinstitution of slavery on the island. Dessalines lead this final revolt, and drove the French out of Haiti and declared the independence of Haiti on January 1, 1804.
Jean-Jacques Dessalines
Jean Jacques Dessalines, Public domain
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Charles Leclerc was a trusted general of Napoleon Bonaparte. He was sent to the island of Haiti to stop the revolution in 1802. and his 23,000 soldiers came into Himhaiti and took over most of the island, and kept the peace. He decided to send Toussaint Louverture back to France, which incited the native islanders to revolt. This happened while his army was suffering sickness, and Leclerc himself died of yellow fever on November 2, 1802. Only one year later, and the French had surrendered.