Because the French were too busy with their own revolution to fight for their colony.
The Affranchis wanted equal status with the French aristocrats.
The Affranchis wanted equal status with the French aristocrats.
French aristocrats
Both groups were able to own land and African slaves
They inspired Africans to rebel against Saint-Domingue's unfair government.
The ideas of liberty, equality, and fraternity from the French Revolution influenced politics in the French colony of Saint-Domingue by inspiring the enslaved population to rise up against their colonial masters and fight for their freedom. This led to the Haitian Revolution, which ultimately resulted in the establishment of the independent nation of Haiti in 1804.
When Haiti was a French colony, it was known as Saint-Domingue.
The colony of Saint-Domingue, which is present-day Haiti, contained the largest concentration of French immigrants in 1775. Saint-Domingue was a French colony known for its lucrative sugarcane plantations and French planters had significant influence and control over the colony's economy and society.
St. Domingue
St. Domingue
St. Domingue
It was called St. Domingue.
Saint-Domingue, a French colony, became Haiti after the successful slave uprising and revolution led by Toussaint Louverture and Jean-Jacques Dessalines in the early 19th century.
Becuase they wanted slavery to end
Saint Domingue aka Haiti
A French colony was located on the island of Hispaniola, called Saint Domingue which is now called Haiti.