April 3, 2017
Haitian Revolution
Toussaint L’Ouverture
Jose Chaman
This article is very informative. Although I had already studied the slave revolution in Sant-Domingue, I had not deepened as much as with this article. It seems incredible to me that of all the revolutions of that time, only that of Sant-Domingue was victorious. Slavery will always be an incredibly terrible fact, which is why L’Overture can be considered as one of the precursors of the revolution for human rights and against slavery
16/01/2020
11:52 am
Glory Turnbull
The brutality of sugar plantations stike again! When we think of revolution, we often imagine people fighting for a better life, but when it comes to slave rebellions, there is so much more at stake than taxation and popular sovereignty. This is why I find slave revolts to be some of the most heart-wrenching episodes in history– people risking so much and often getting so little. I’m glad that Haiti is a success, though like all nations, they continue to face modern problems in today’s world.
20/01/2020
11:52 am
Samuel Vega
Informative article on the establishment of Haiti. Still hard to comprehend the violence that is associated with the various revolutions and wars during the Age of Revolution. The oppressed must take a stand. Death is likely under the oppression and when the revolution occurs. It is necessary for the survival of the people. Although today we don’t see the mass violence on a large scale there is lots of oppression.. Are we doing enough to help the oppressed.
15/02/2020
11:52 am
Zachary Kobs
I love to read stories about the oppressed rising up against their oppressors and fighting for what is right. It is unfortunate how the situation transpired in the first place but I am glad that the slaves stood up to their former masters. The execution of all the French men in the colony did seem a little harsh at the end but I am sure the decision was made with good justification.
23/02/2020
11:52 am
Antonio Holverstott
The slaves on Haiti were treated with significant contempt by their masters even with laws set in place by the French crown to stop such practices from occurring. During the French revolution, France did not secure and give more rights to enslaved persons. All of these circumstances were fuel for the fire of an extremely violent and racially driven revolution.
01/03/2020
11:52 am
Aaron Sandoval
This article was well written and gives attention to a relatively unknown part of history. I was aware of slavery and its impact in the region, but I never knew about the revolt that led to the development of Haiti. This impactful event is in a sense bittersweet, we have people who have been oppressed their entire lives, finally revolting and winning, and taking their freedom with force, I say it is bittersweet because it those oppressed should never have been oppressed and forced to fight for their freedom.
30/03/2020
11:52 am
Arsema Abera
I have never heard about the Haitian revolution and the connection to slavery what so ever and so this was an interesting article to read. The black code was an interesting and sad thing to read about the making of laws, and all along I thought the French were being rational and turns out they were not at all and as a matter of fact ignoring the right of slaves.
08/04/2020
11:52 am
Sara Guerrero
I’ve read and studied about Haiti before, but this article does a great job summarizing its history and independence, and the revolt in Haiti was something heard throughout the world which I think triggered a butterfly effect. Haiti, being a country that lives in poverty now, I think it was caused by their history of being colonized and taken advantage of their resources and not being offered the help needed to rebuild.
12/04/2020
11:52 am
Sofia Almanzan
This article was interesting because I had never heard of the Haitian Slave Revolt before reading this article. The black code was saddening to find out about and reminded me of the three fourths compromise in the US. This article was informative and extremely sad.
17/04/2020
11:52 am
Michael Leary
Very interesting article about the Haitian Slave Revolt, I had not heard too much about this before reading the article. Slavery on the West Indies was definitely a terrible thing and was in some ways worse than slavery was on the Continental United States. It was interesting that the slaves went and fought for freedom and were able to liberate themselves.
31/03/2019
11:52 am