Toussaint Louverture: The Haitian Revolution

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Haiti was once the richest place in the world. Their wealth was based on slavery. One of the key events that lead to the Haitian revolution was in august 11791. A slave revolutionist named Bookman called the people to an area called “gracayimen,” so they can assemble a slave revolt plan, it was at that ceremony that they knew they were no longer going to be slaves, instead pursue their true destiny. On the night of august 22, 1791, about 1,000 enslaved Africans attacked their masters. Because of this event, the rebel numbers grew from 1,000 to 20,000. Although Toussaint Louverture was a great representative, his greatest problem was to his servants go, because his wealth also came from the slaves that he owned. His decision became very clear