<Tr> <Td> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> <P> The Haitian Revolution (French: Révolution haïtienne (ʁevɔlysjɔ̃ ajisjɛ̃n)) was a successful anti-slavery and anti-colonial insurrection by self - liberated slaves against French colonial rule in Saint - Domingue, now the sovereign nation of Haiti . It began on 22 August 1791 at 22: 00, and ended in 1804 with the former colony's independence . It involved blacks, mulattoes, French, Spanish, and British participants--with the ex-slave Toussaint L'Ouverture emerging as Haiti's most charismatic hero . It was the only slave uprising that led to the founding of a state which was both free from slavery, and ruled by non-whites and former captives . It is now widely seen as a defining moment in the history of racism in the Atlantic World . </P> <P> Its effects on the institution of slavery were felt throughout the Americas . The end of French rule and the abolition of slavery in the former colony was followed by a successful defense of the freedoms they won, and, with the collaboration of free persons of color, their independence from white Europeans . It represents the largest slave uprising since Spartacus's unsuccessful revolt against the Roman Republic nearly 1,900 years earlier . It challenged long - held beliefs about black inferiority and about enslaved persons' capacity to achieve and maintain their own freedom . The rebels' organizational capacity and tenacity under pressure inspired stories that shocked and frightened slave owners . </P>

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