The Haitian Revolution

Vocabulary flashcards about the Haitian Revolution from 1791 to 1804, covering key people, terms, and events.

St. Domingue

French Caribbean colony known as the Pearl of the Antilles for its wealth generation for France.

Enslaved Population (450,000)

By 1791, this made up the largest portion of St. Domingue's population.

Gens de couleur libres

Free people of color in St. Domingue, including those born free and those freed from slavery.

French Bureaucrats

Whites born in France sent to St. Domingue, who had complete political control of the colony.

liberté, Egalité, Fraternité

The three groups in St. Domingue used this to justify their demands for changes in St. Domingue.

Vincent Ogé and Jean-Baptiste Chavanne

Leader of the gens de couleur who fought for political rights and equality with the whites in St. Domingue.

Boukman

Vodun priest who held a meeting that initiated a widespread slave rebellion.

Toussaint L’Ouverture

Leader of the rebel slaves during the St. Domingue revolution.

January 1, 1804

The date St. Domingue became the first black-led country in the Western Hemisphere.

Haiti

New name for St. Domingue, meaning mountainous in the Taino language.

Jean Jacques Dessalines

The first leader of Haiti who renamed St. Domingue, Haiti.

150,000,000 Francs

Amount France forced Haiti to pay for the loss suffered as a result of the revolution.

Nanny Grigg

Inspired by the success of the 1791 Revolution, she encouraged the start of the 1816 Bussa Rebellion in Barbados.