French Revolutionary Abolition and Saint-Domingue/Haiti (1789–1804)

1. Estates-General convenes, revolution begins

   May 5, 1789Labels: Estates-General, Versailles

   • Britannica
   • Met Museum

2. Declaration of the Rights of Man issued

   Aug 26, 1789Labels: Declaration of, National Assembly

   • Britannica
   • Avalon

3. Vincent Ogé’s uprising is defeated

   Oct 1, 1790Labels: Vincent Og, Free People

   • Britannica
   • World History

4. Bois Caïman ceremony helps catalyze revolt

   Aug 14, 1791Labels: Bois Ca, Haitian memory

   • Britannica
   • Washington Post

5. Mass slave uprising begins in Saint-Domingue

   Aug 22, 1791Labels: Saint-Domingue uprising, Northern Plain

   • Britannica
   • UNESCO

6. French commissioners begin general emancipation

   Aug 29, 1793Labels: Sonthonax, Polverel

   • Britannica
   • Wikipedia

7. National Convention abolishes slavery in colonies

   Feb 4, 1794Labels: National Convention, Abolition decree

   • Britannica
   • Wikipedia

8. Toussaint aligns with France after abolition

   May 1, 1794Labels: Toussaint Louverture, Emancipation

   • Britannica
   • Smithsonian

9. Toussaint promulgates Constitution of 1801

   Jul 7, 1801Labels: Constitution of, Toussaint Louverture

   • Britannica
   • Napoleon org

10. Leclerc expedition launches to retake colony

    Feb 1, 1802Labels: Leclerc expedition, Charles Leclerc

    • Britannica
    • Britannica

11. Napoleon restores slavery in French empire

    May 20, 1802Labels: Law of, Napoleon Bonaparte

    • Britannica
    • Wikipedia

12. Toussaint Louverture is arrested and deported

    Jun 7, 1802Labels: Toussaint Louverture, Deportation

    • Britannica
    • DIA

13. Battle of Vertières defeats remaining French forces

    Nov 18, 1803Labels: Battle of, Jean-Jacques Dessalines

    • Britannica
    • Wikipedia

14. Haiti declares independence from France

    Jan 1, 1804Labels: Haitian independence, Dessalines

    • Britannica
    • History com