The Battle of Vertières was the last major battle of the Haitian Revolution, and the final part of the Revolution under Jean Jacques Dessalines. It was fought on 18 November 1803 between the enslaved Haitian army and Napoleon's French expeditionary forces, who were committed to regaining control of the island.
Monument erected by the government of General Paul E. Magloire (1950 -1956) to commemorate the Battle of Vertieres
The Haitian Revolution was a successful insurrection by self-liberated slaves against French colonial rule in Saint-Domingue, now the sovereign state of Haiti.
Haiti at the beginning of the Haitian revolution in 1791
Jean-Baptiste Belley, as depicted by Anne-Louis Girodet de Roussy-Trioson.
Slave rebellion of 1791
General Toussaint Louverture