Haitian Revolution and its impact on the Atlantic slave trade (1791–1804)

1. Saint-Domingue becomes a key slave-based plantation colony

   Jan 1, 1790Labels: Saint-Domingue, Sugar plantations, French colony

   • Britannica

2. Bois Caïman gathering helps organize an uprising

   Aug 14, 1791Labels: Bois Ca, Enslaved leaders

   • Bois Ca man
   • Boukman

3. Mass slave revolt begins the Haitian Revolution

   Aug 22, 1791Labels: 1791 uprising, Northern plain

   • Britannica
   • 1791 revolt

4. French commissioners begin local emancipation in crisis

   Aug 29, 1793Labels: Sonthonax, Local emancipation

   • LOC
   • Broadside

5. France abolishes slavery across its colonies

   Feb 4, 1794Labels: French National, Abolition decree

   • Law 1794
   • LOC Law

6. Toussaint Louverture consolidates power in Saint-Domingue

   Jan 1, 1798Labels: Toussaint Louverture, Revolutionary government

   • Britannica
   • Haitian Rev

7. Louverture issues the 1801 Constitution for Saint-Domingue

   Jul 1, 1801Labels: 1801 Constitution, Louverture

   • Text 1801
   • 1801 Const

8. Leclerc lands to restore French control

   Feb 6, 1802Labels: Charles Leclerc, French expedition

   • GMU
   • Haitian Rev

9. Fighting intensifies at Crête-à-Pierrot

   Mar 2, 1802Labels: Cr te-, Battle

   • Cr te
   • Haitian Rev

10. Napoleon reinstates slavery in much of the French empire

    May 20, 1802Labels: Napoleon, Restoration of

    • Law 1802
    • LOC Law

11. France’s failure in Saint-Domingue shapes Atlantic strategy

    Apr 30, 1803Labels: Louisiana Purchase, French strategy

    • HISTORY
    • Haitian Rev

12. Battle of Vertières ends major French resistance

    Nov 18, 1803Labels: Battle of, Dessalines

    • Verti res
    • Haitian Rev

13. Haiti declares independence, rejecting slavery and France

    Jan 1, 1804Labels: Haiti independence, Jean-Jacques Dessalines

    • BNF
    • Britannica