Haitian+Revolution +Course+B

Courses -	Independent Movements (planters & free blacks vs. France) -	Anti-slavery movement -	Oge and Chavannes rebelled for freedom but were executed -	Petwo Voodoo prophesized leaders of the slaves’ rebellion -	On August 21, 1791, maroons and slaves revolted and killed white planters and their family -	Leger Felicite Sonthonnax arrived to save saint-Domingue as a French colony and he was ordered to contain the slaves’ rebellion defeat white resistance -	British forces invaded saint-Domingue, as well as Spain maroon/slaves forces -	To get help, Sonthonnax freed 15,000 slaves if they would fight for the French -	August 29, 1793, all slaves were emancipated -	The white people and free people of color were shocked -	Toussaint Louverture joined the French, a turning point in the battles for the French. -	Sonthonnax returned to France, leaving Toussaint in charge -	 Toussaint declared that he was governor-general or life, without France’s approval -	Napoleon sent L with 12,000 soldiers to restore French control in Saint- Domingue -	Toussaint surrendered and was sent to a jail in France. -	After Britain re-declared war on France, French forces moved out of Saint- Domingue