Freedom, Enslavement and Resistance

Jean-Jacques Dessalines

Toussaint L'Ouverture

Napoleon Bonaparte

King Louis XVI

He was the primary military strategist throughout the entire revolution.

He negotiated with the French to maintain colonial rule.

He declared Haiti's independence and became its first ruler.

He led the economic reforms that stabilized Haiti after the revolution.

The decline in sugar production led to a decrease in demand for enslaved labor globally.

The decline in sugar production had no impact on the demand for enslaved labor.

The decline in sugar production led to a greater demand for enslaved labor in other regions.

The decline in sugar production led to the abolition of slavery in other regions.

Providing financial backing from European allies.

Serving as intermediaries between the enslaved and the French colonizers.

Organizing resistance and disseminating information.

Adopting French cultural practices to appease colonial authorities.

United States

Haiti

Liberia

Brazil

It led to a decrease in demand for sugar worldwide.

It caused the destruction of Haiti's plantations, creating a gap in sugar production.

It had no impact on global sugar production.

It led to an increase in sugar production in Haiti.

To compensate French citizens for property lost during the revolution, as a condition for recognition.

To fund infrastructure development in Haiti with French assistance.

To establish a trade agreement that favored French goods.

To prevent future French military intervention.

Establish a French colony in the Caribbean.

Overthrow the Spanish monarchy in the Americas.

Create the first free Black republic.

Expand the transatlantic slave trade.

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Widespread international recognition and support.

Immediate economic prosperity due to sugar production.

Internal political stability and unity.

Resistance from colonial powers and economic isolation.