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Haitian Revolution
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Who lived here | Indigenous people |
| what was the island called | Hispaniola |
| what country is it today | Haiti and Dominican Republic |
| Europeans interested in colonizing the island | sugar and coffee |
| 2 European countries that controlled the island | France and Spain |
| What effects did it have on the indigenous populations | killed them out because of hard labor conditions |
| slaves on the island | to work |
| Slaves treated by the Europeans | slaves were getting sick from diseases |
| slave population resist | suicide, poison, runaway slaves - maroons |
| maroons | practiced voodoo, gathered weapons, planned resistance |
| National Assembly | abolishes slavery in France, not on the island |
| Toussaint Louverture | former slave, commander with the rebel army of black slaves |
| independence in Saint-Domingue | Louverture died in France, 1st successful slave revolt |
| Haitian people, punished for being free | not accepted as a black country, other countries did not want slavery to go away |