Saint-Domingue
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Saint-Domingue was a French colony in the western portion of the Caribbean island of Hispaniola, in the area of modern-day Haiti, from 1659 to 1803. The name derives from the Spanish main city on the
A Creole servant boy and his mother
Drawing of a slave sale aboard the Marie Séraphique in the waters off Cap‑Français, 1773
Jean-Baptiste Belley, an affranchi who became a rich planter, elected member of the Estates General for Saint-Domingue, and later Deputy of the French National Convention
A rich Creole planter and his wife
Haitian Revolution
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The Haitian Revolution, also known as the Haitian War of Independence, was a successful insurrection by enslaved Africans against French colonial rule in Saint-Domingue, now the sovereign state of Hai
Saint-Domingue
…the island of Hispaniola. In 1791, Africans who were forced into bondage and some Creoles took part in a Vodou ceremony at Bois Caïman and planned the Haitian Revolution. The rebellion later allied with Republican French forces following the abolition of slavery in the colony in 1793, although this alienated the island's…
Incendie de la Plaine du Cap. Massacre des Blancs par les esclaves noirs révoltés. France militaire. Martinet et Masson
Battle of Vertières in 1803 620x 458
Révolte des esclaves contre les armées envoyées par Napoléon Bonaparte lors de l'expédition de Saint Domingue entre 1801 et 1803. Gravure du XI Xe siècle