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|image = FrenchRevolutionEchoes.jpg | |name=Haitian Revolution | ||
|prev = [[American Revolutionary War]] | |image=FrenchRevolutionEchoes.jpg | ||
|conc = [[French Revolution]] | |prev=[[American Revolutionary War]] | ||
|next = [[Trienio Liberal]] | |conc=[[French Revolution]] | ||
|conflict = [[French Revolutionary Wars]], [[Napoleonic Wars]] | |next=[[Trienio Liberal]] | ||
|date = 21 August 1791 – 1 January 1804 | |conflict=[[French Revolutionary Wars]], [[Napoleonic Wars]] | ||
|end = | |date=21 August 1791 – 1 January 1804 | ||
|place = [[Haiti|Saint-Domingue]] | |end= | ||
|result = Haitian victory | |place=[[Haiti|Saint-Domingue]] | ||
|result=Haitian victory | |||
*French colonial government expelled | *French colonial government expelled | ||
* | *25,000 white colonists killed | ||
|side1 = [[Haiti]] | |side1=[[Haiti]] | ||
[[United Kingdom]]<br> | [[United Kingdom]]<br> | ||
[[Spain]] | [[Spain]] | ||
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*[[Saint-Dominigue Brotherhood of Assassins|Haitian Assassins]] | *[[Saint-Dominigue Brotherhood of Assassins|Haitian Assassins]] | ||
|side2 = [[France]] | |side2=[[France]] | ||
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*[[Templars]] | *[[Templars]] | ||
|commanders1 = *[[Toussaint Louverture]] | |commanders1=*[[Toussaint Louverture]] | ||
|commanders2 = *[[Napoleon Bonaparte]]}} | |commanders2=*[[Napoleon Bonaparte]]}} | ||
The '''Haitian Revolution''' (1791 – 1804) was the final and most decisive in a long line of [[Slavery|slave]] revolts in the [[France|French]] colony of [[Haiti|Saint-Domingue]] | The '''Haitian Revolution''' (1791 – 1804) was the final and most decisive in a long line of [[Slavery|slave]] revolts in the [[France|French]] colony of [[Haiti|Saint-Domingue]], culminating in the elimination of slavery in the colony and the founding of the Republic of Haiti.<ref>{{WP|Haitian Revolution}}</ref> The revolutionaries were led by several members of the [[Assassins|Assassin Order]], including [[Toussaint Louverture]] and [[Eseosa]]. | ||
In early 1801, the [[Templars|Templar]] [[Jean-Louis Villatte]] tried to take advantage of the power vacuum that existed in Haiti and declared himself governor. By early August however, Jean had been deposed and replaced by Louverture, who declared himself absolute ruler of the island. | In early 1801, the [[Templars|Templar]] [[Jean-Louis Villatte]] tried to take advantage of the power vacuum that existed in Haiti and declared himself governor. By early August however, Jean had been deposed and replaced by Louverture, who declared himself absolute ruler of the island. | ||
Although Louverture freed all of the slaves on the island, he also attracted the attention of the [[French Empire|French Emperor]] | Although Louverture freed all of the slaves on the island, he also attracted the attention of the [[French Empire|French Emperor]] [[Napoleon Bonaparte]], who sent his general [[Charles Leclerc]] to the island to secure the surrender of the revolutionary leaders. Louverture capitulated and was taken to France as a prisoner while Leclerc restored the colonial hierarchy. | ||
However, Leclerc failed to disarm Louverture's troops and they rose up once again. After Eseosa poisoned Leclerc, Louverture's lieutenant [[Jean-Jacques Dessalines]] finally ousted the French from the island, bringing the Revolution to a successful conclusion. In the aftermath, Dessalines became the new leader of Saint-Domingue and declared the island a free republic, although he immediately began a brutal extermination campaign against the whites and mulattoes that still lived on the island. | However, Leclerc failed to disarm Louverture's troops and they rose up once again. After Eseosa poisoned Leclerc, Louverture's lieutenant [[Jean-Jacques Dessalines]] finally ousted the French from the island, bringing the Revolution to a successful conclusion. In the aftermath, Dessalines became the new leader of Saint-Domingue and declared the island a free republic, although he immediately began a brutal extermination campaign against the whites and mulattoes that still lived on the island. | ||
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*''[[Assassin's Creed: Initiates]]'' | *''[[Assassin's Creed: Initiates]]'' | ||
{{Timeline}} | {{Timeline}} | ||
[[Category:Revolutions]] | [[Category:Revolutions]] | ||
[[Category:Assassin conspiracies]] | [[Category:Assassin conspiracies]] | ||
[[Category:Timeline]] | [[Category:Timeline]] | ||
[[fr:Révolution haïtienne]] | [[fr:Révolution haïtienne]] | ||
Revision as of 00:00, 29 May 2024
The Haitian Revolution (1791 – 1804) was the final and most decisive in a long line of slave revolts in the French colony of Saint-Domingue, culminating in the elimination of slavery in the colony and the founding of the Republic of Haiti.[1] The revolutionaries were led by several members of the Assassin Order, including Toussaint Louverture and Eseosa.
In early 1801, the Templar Jean-Louis Villatte tried to take advantage of the power vacuum that existed in Haiti and declared himself governor. By early August however, Jean had been deposed and replaced by Louverture, who declared himself absolute ruler of the island.
Although Louverture freed all of the slaves on the island, he also attracted the attention of the French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte, who sent his general Charles Leclerc to the island to secure the surrender of the revolutionary leaders. Louverture capitulated and was taken to France as a prisoner while Leclerc restored the colonial hierarchy.
However, Leclerc failed to disarm Louverture's troops and they rose up once again. After Eseosa poisoned Leclerc, Louverture's lieutenant Jean-Jacques Dessalines finally ousted the French from the island, bringing the Revolution to a successful conclusion. In the aftermath, Dessalines became the new leader of Saint-Domingue and declared the island a free republic, although he immediately began a brutal extermination campaign against the whites and mulattoes that still lived on the island.
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