Haitian Revolution
1791 slave revolt in the French colony of Saint-Domingue
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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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1791–1793: Haitian rebels