Toussaint L'Oouverture
Becuase they wanted slavery to end
Slaves in Saint Domingue were kept powerless, they were brutally terrorized. When Latin American colonists came along, they convinced the slaves to fight for theirfreedom.
The colony of Saint-Domingue, which is present-day Haiti, contained the largest concentration of French immigrants in 1775. Saint-Domingue was a French colony known for its lucrative sugarcane plantations and French planters had significant influence and control over the colony's economy and society.
Saint Domingue was an important French colony because it was the world's major producer of brown sugar. The brown sugar was sent to France to be refined and sold throughout Europe for a hefty price.
The Spaniards and the British tried to seize Saint-Domingue during the French Revolution because the French were too busy with their own revolution to fight for their colony. Given its strategic location and the availability of raw materials and minerals, both countries sought to control it.
Becuase they wanted slavery to end
Dominicain Republic
Slaves in Saint Domingue were kept powerless, they were brutally terrorized. When Latin American colonists came along, they convinced the slaves to fight for theirfreedom.
They inspired Africans to rebel against Saint-Domingue's unfair government.
They inspired Africans to rebel against Saint-Domingue's unfair government.
Saint Domingue aka Haiti
The colony of Saint-Domingue, which is present-day Haiti, contained the largest concentration of French immigrants in 1775. Saint-Domingue was a French colony known for its lucrative sugarcane plantations and French planters had significant influence and control over the colony's economy and society.
Saint Domingue (French Haiti)
A French colony was located on the island of Hispaniola, called Saint Domingue which is now called Haiti.
Napoleon sold the Louisiana Territory to the nascent United States when he failed to take back Saint-Domingue from the Haitian slave revolt.
The colony of Saint Domingue (now Haiti) prior to the Haitian Revolution was France's most profitable colony in the Western Hemisphere. In fact, Saint Domingue was arguably one of the most profitable colonies in history.
The French colony of Hispaniola was called Saint Domingue. This colony had been in existence on the Caribbean island from 1659 to 1809.