Saint Domingue: The First Successful Slave Rebellion

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date published 05/09/2007

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When Columbus first landed on the tiny island that would later be known as Saint Domingue, and eventually Haiti, it is doubtful whether he could have ever imagined it becoming “the wealthiest European outpost in the New World,” nor the significant impact that it would eventually have on France, Great Britain, and the United States. Saint Domingue was to become the “crown jewel among France’s colonial possessions,” the British would try unsuccessfully to possess it and the events in Saint Domingue “would change American history and help to save the heart of the continent for the United States.” The instigation for so much foreign involvement began when the massive slave population on Saint Domingue decided to follow the example of France, its mother country, and begin a revolution of their own. In the most massive slave revolt in history, the slaves of Saint Domingue would succeed in maintaining their independence from not only France, but England and Spain as well.

Saint Domingue was to become the 'crown jewel among France's colonial possessions,?
The western third of Hispaniola came into French possession with the signing of the Treaty of Ryswick in 1697
The French colony would come to supply much of Europe's sugar, coffee, and cocoa.
The growth of St. Domingue also had a notable impact on the United States.
The revolution on Saint Domingue first irrupted not among the slaves, but between the whites and mulattoes, those of mixed race.
The British would ultimately decide to enter the war in 1793.
With the threat from the British gone, Toussaint quickly began establishing contact with the United States
During the French war on Saint Domingue, the United States continued to send American ships to trade with the island.
When the Haitian Revolution ended in 1804, abolitionists in Britain began to argue that the success of the Haitian independence warranted ending the slave trade in Britain's colonies.