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Dessillion: The Haitian Revolution

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During 1791-1804 was the Haitian revolution it was largest and most successful slave rebellion. In This revolution I feel like the slaves had to go through a lot and it took more then 1 to build up the confidence and say this is enough to rebel. I liked how the slaves came together as 1 in 1791 in armed rebellion seeking freedom for their leaders , additional free days during the week and abolition of the whip as punishment. I believe that in 1799 it was unnecserey for Napoleon Bonaparte to overthrow the french directory because it ended the anti-slave principles we had. Jean-Jacques Dessalines was an important part of the revolution he defeated the french and declared Haiti a free republic on January 1, 1804. Jean francois Papillion,

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