

Haiti is located on the island of Hispaniola, it was first called Saint Domingue. Where the native Taino and Ciboney people lived.
















The French took control of Haiti in 1660 after Spain surrendered, they did this because they had large amounts of sugar, coffee, and cotton. These resources would make the French a lot of money (eventually became their richest colony).






Grand Blancs
These were white people who were very wealthy. They owned plantations and were slave owners. Many of which were men from France who were looking to make more money.





Petit Blancs
They were more poor than the Grand Blancs, but still close to the top because they were white. Some jobs they had were farmers, butchers, etc.
Gens de couleur
Maroons
Enslaved people






These people were of mixed race, and were free. Some of them even owned slaves themselves
Enslaved Africans that escaped and then lives on the mountains.





Africans and some Taino natives that were forced to do unsafe, hard, labor
Slavery was so brutal in Haiti that they had to import about 40,000 slaves a year. This number shows how horribly they were treated to the point where they died because of the conditions they worked under. They were treated as something that could be used then thrown away.
























Haitians used what they had seen done in France with the "Declaration of the Rights of Man" to fight for their freedom. They saw that revolting creates change.





















Vincent Oge tried to start the revolution but ultimately failed because he was captured, tortured, then executed. The first massive rebellion was on August 22, 1791.

Boukman Dutty was a slave who escaped that convinced slaves to rebel against their owners first. "The Night of Fire" they destroyed plantations and killed many Grand Blancs. First act of violence towards whites.
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Haiti is located on the island of Hispaniola, it was first called Saint Domingue. Where the native Taino and Ciboney people lived.
















The French took control of Haiti in 1660 after Spain surrendered, they did this because they had large amounts of sugar, coffee, and cotton. These resources would make the French a lot of money (eventually became their richest colony).






Grand Blancs
These were white people who were very wealthy. They owned plantations and were slave owners. Many of which were men from France who were looking to make more money.





Petit Blancs
They were more poor than the Grand Blancs, but still close to the top because they were white. Some jobs they had were farmers, butchers, etc.
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