Haitian Revolution

The Haitian Revolution was the first successful slave rebellion in the Western Hemisphere and established Haiti as a free, black republic, the first of its kind. Historians traditionally identify the catalyst as being a particular Voodoo service in August 1791 performed at Bois Caïman by Dutty Boukman, a high priest. But a number of complex events sent the stage for this moment. At the time, Haiti was a colony of France known as Saint-Domingue.

External links

• The Louverture Project's Wiki, complete with a complete translation of Toussaint's Constitution of 1801
• Story of the Haitian Revolution from PBS' Africans in America series
• Haitian Revolution resource page from the University of Albany, SUNY
• Chronology of events, analysis, bibliography, and more. Includes the origins of the term "maroon" and notes on Toussaint l'Ouverture
• Brief account from The Library of Congress Country Studies site
• Includes discussion of François Dominique Toussaint l'Ouverture and Jean-Jacques Dessalines
• Considers the causes and events of the revolution which occurred in Saint-Domingue, the colonial name of Haiti. By Bob Corbett
• analysis of the late 18th century revolution by Franklin W. Knight
• essay by Jim Thomson, winner of the National History Day 2000 Prize Essays
• Swagga.com's article on the Haitian Revolution
• EchodHaiti.com's take on the Revolution. Follow the subsequent links to the left of the screen to read the other 3 parts.
• Chronologie de la révolution haïtienne, 1791-1804 (in French)