• Slave uprising that happened between 1791 and 1803
  • Transformed French colony of Saint Domingue into state of Haiti
  • Was the largest uprising to occur in the Americas
• Event of global significance because of uniqueness
  • Revolution reshaped world commodity markets and politics
• Historians disagree if it would have occurred without French Revolution
  • Destabilization from French Revolution may have been initiator
• Pursuit of freedom, equality and independence by slaves, free coloreds, whites
• Began as pursuit for self-government and free trade by white colonizers
  • Could not have succeeded without separate pursuits by other groups
• Revolution led to establishing Louverture Constitution in 1801