Slavery in Haiti began after the arrival of Christopher Columbus on the island in 1492 with the European colonists that followed from Portugal, Spain...

from slavery was actually a former French colony, Haiti, as a result of the Revolution of 1791–1804. The British abolitionist movement began in the late...

most influential in Europe, and Haiti's influence spanned every location that continued to practice slavery. John E. Baur honors Haiti as home of the most...

17th, 1806. United States and the Haitian Revolution Armée Indigène Armistice of March 30, 1798 End of slavery in Haiti Copied from the article Declaration...

August 1791, the Haitian Revolution began; it concluded in 1804 with the independence of Haiti. Slavery in Haiti thus came to an end, and Haiti became the second...

Haiti, officially the Republic of Haiti, is a country on the island of Hispaniola in the Caribbean Sea, east of Cuba and Jamaica, and south of The Bahamas...

retreating in the face of a French naval squadron. In declaring Haiti an independent country, Dessalines also confirmed the abolition of slavery in the new...

in the spotlight”) every year on 23 May. Slavery in the British and French Caribbean Slavery in the United States Slavery in Haiti Affranchi Race in France...

have gained his freedom from slavery as a young man, before the slave uprising of 1791. Sometime after he had settled in Haiti, he brought his sister Marie...

The Haitian Revolution and the subsequent independence of Haiti as an independent state provoked mixed reactions in the United States. Among many white...