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Haitian Revolution
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1791 slave revolt in the French colony of Saint-Domingue
The Haitian Revolution was a slave uprising that began in 1791 in the French colony of Saint-Domingue, in which enslaved people rebelled against their enslavement and colonial rule. It matters because it resulted in the first successful slave revolution in history and led to the establishment of Haiti as an independent nation.
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- Instance of
- slave rebellion
- Has part
- Battle of Vertières
- Country
- Saint-Domingue
- Followed by
- 1804 Haitian massacre
- Location
- Saint-Domingue
- Image
- Battle for Palm Tree Hill.jpg
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- Commons category
- Haitian Revolution
- topic's main category
- Category:Haitian Revolution
- start time
- 1791-08-14
- end time
- 1804-01-01
- on focus list of Wikimedia project
- Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
- point in time
- 1804-01-01
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- Łochyńsko
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Encyclopedic overview
Belligerents
1791–1793: Haitian rebels
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