How did Haiti Overthrow its French colonizers?

How did Haiti Overthrow its French colonizers?
The Haitian Revolution was a pivotal event in world history that transformed the landscape of the Caribbean and inspired future anti-colonial and anti-slavery movements. In this video, we explore the origins, key figures, and lasting impact of this revolution. From the leadership of Toussaint L'Ouverture to the role of enslaved Africans and their allies, we delve into the complex social, economic, and political forces that shaped this groundbreaking moment in time.
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[@SupremeLeaderKimJong-un]

Don't forget the Polish! Napoleon sent a Polish Legion to go there to fight the Haitians. The Poles viewed France as an ally that would come to Poland's aid and hoped they'd support Polish independence, so they served in the French army. But when they were told they'd be stopping the Haitians when they got there, they chose to fight with the Haitians AGAINST the French. Haiti still has a Polish community to this day, with the legion's descendants living in the village of Cazale about 45 miles north of Port-au-Prince.

[@JRBDWD]

Ah nothing like betraying your liberators and allying yourselves with literal cannibals,ah the poles.

[@gtPacheko]

​@@JRBDWD bad bad take

[@trey5747]

@@JRBDWD extremly bad take, why do u hate haitens so much. Did your family own slaves in haiti or something??

[@tiringsarcasm]

@@JRBDWD A yes nothing like watching someone defend slavery.

[@chinesevirus-ix3yr]

​@@tiringsarcasm do you wear cotton from Chyna? Slave labor picked that. Uighars. Nothing like virtue signals though right? RIGHT?

[@Mrnovanova]

Can you make a video about how France then demanded reparations from Haiti and how Haïti ended up paying said reparations for 150 years? This is also one of the main reasons why Haiti is the poorest country in the Americas today and still suffers for the affront that was fighting for their independence.

[@cheeriotheocelot5273]

France actions towards Haiti was nothing but shameful

[@danielmorris7648]

Thats hilarious bs "thats one of the reasons" no there's one reason. It's an ethnostate run by racists.

[@amehka5416]

How do you defeat a country and then turn around and pay them?

[@Mrnovanova]

@@amehka5416 Messed up ain't it. You pay for a seat at the table, cause you still gotta eat.

[@applepretz5368]

And then Conservatives don't agree on reparations for Melanated people in the USA (whom ancestors probably been in the country longer than any immigrant)... The nerve... Edit: oh yeah, Let's not forget ol' Giant Nose-burg and his fellow ((((people)))) reparations that ((((((((they)))))))) got for his 6 million-bajillion shekels lol. Also did I say the USA? I meant The United Soviet Narcissist Of Amerikkka 😂

[@curtisthomas2670]

Fun facts: 1. Prior to the Haitian Revolution a future leader Henri Christophe served as a drummer boy in a French unit of several thousand free blacks from French Caribbean colonies including St Domingue/Haiti - the Chasseurs Volontaires - that took part in the crucial Battle of Savannah (then the capital of Georgia) during the American war of Independence. A monument to the unit exists in Georgia. 2. Toussaint L'Ouverture originally wanted Haiti to remain part of the French Empire but without slavery and with the principles of the French Declaration of the Rights of Man being applicable to all citizens of the colony. 3. Toussaint L'Ouverture was promoted to the rank of General in the French Army during the period after the initial slave rebellion and the abolition of slavery by France until Napoleon decided to reintroduce slavery and the actual revolution began. Whilst serving France he proclaimed himself Governor General and captured the Spanish part of the island, Santo Domingo, against Napoleon's wishes. He also successfully fought off invasions by the Spanish and British who were attempting to seize the lucrative colony for themselves. 3. Toussaint L'Ouverture and two other black officers served as Generals in the Spanish Army fighting against the French in Santo Domingo for a period. Thus Toussaint L'Ouverture was a General in the French, Spanish and Haitian Armies. 4. Wladislaw Jablonowski was a Polish General commanding the Polish Legions, comprised of Polish volunteers who fought under France in the hope that France would help their nation achieve independence from Russia and Prussia. The Polish Legions had become despondent about these hopes because they perceived that they were merely being used by the French without any intention of actually helping Poland. The Legions under Jablonowski, numbering more than 5000 were sent to St Domingue to fight the rebels, where Jablonowski died of yellow fever and around 4000 died from disease and combat. Several hundred deserted to the rebels side, and they and their descendants were made "honorary blacks". Jablonowski was the adopted son of a Polish aristocrat, his mother was the aristocrat's wife, an English noblewoman and his biological father was a black man. 5. Napoleon had planned that after putting down the revolution in Haiti, he would raise an army of battle experienced black soldiers from the colony and with the colony as a naval base and a source of funds use these black soldiers to help seize a couple American Gulf ports and carve out an empire by settling Louisiana and expanding it westwards to the Pacific. He had already obtained the alliance of 20,000 armed Native American warriors to start his campaign. The defeat the French suffered in Haiti however left him without a naval base, without a source of funds and without a sizable portion of French soldiers (from casualties in the revolution) and without his colonial black army. This convinced him he had no chance of a North American Empire, leading him to sell Louisiana to the United States. 6. Independent Haiti was the first country in the Americas to permanently ban slavery. In spite of agreements with the colonial powers Haiti provided refuge for all escaped slaves who made it to the country. They also intercepted several ships carrying slaves and freed them. The Haitian Revolution was the inspiration for several slave rebellions in the US. 7. Independent Haiti helped Latin American countries achieve independence. On two occasions after suffering defeat at the hands of the Spanish, the Latin American revolutionary leader Simon Bolivar and his forces were given shelter and refuge in Haiti. Haitian President Petion provided Bolivar with a couple thousand rifles, several hundred experienced Haitian soldiers and sailors, supplies, gold bullion and printing presses to continue his revolution, on the condition he would abolish slavery in all territories he liberated. This assistance helped what are now Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Colombia and Panama gain independence from Spain. Venezuela erected several monuments to Haiti and Bolivar thanked the nation for it's assistance. In somewhat of a return favor Venezuela leader Hugo Chavez on two occasions provided intelligence to Haiti that Haiti that allowed them to stop two planned coups backed by the US and France. 8. Thomas Alexandre Dumas was born in Saint Domingue (Haiti) to a French planter and his black slave mistress. His father took him to France and raised hi as an aristocrat and enrolled him in the military academy. Thomas joined the military as a private, rose through the ranks to colonel and second in command of Europe's first all black regiment the Legion St George aka Legion of the Americas made up of black volunteers from French colonies in the Americas to General in charge of the Army of the Alps leading 55,000 French, Swiss and other soldiers. He later led the cavalry during Napoleon's Egyptian Expedition. His son was French author Alexandre Dumas,who wrote The Three Musketeers and The Count Of Monte Cristo. Dumas chose not to go to Haiti during the Revolution though., one of several possible reasons he had an acrimonious relationship with Napoleon. Non fun fact: Slavery in Saint Domingue was particularly brutal because the French found it was more profitable to work their slaves to death with minimal care and replace them with fresh slaves from Africa. Slaves were also brutally punished by mutilations, amputations, drownings, hanging, burning, being set upon by dogs etc. The average life expectancy of a slave after arriving on the colony was around 5 years.

[@charlesspeaksthetruth4334]

All Facts 👏👏.

[@joasbenjamin6804]

Nothing but facts

[@beltichouchou1411]

You do know your stuffs! Kudos! The story of the Count of Montechristi is quite fascinating.

[@polyniceauxerre2675]

Yes!! Great job!!all facts 👏

[@me67galaxylife]

Nothing but facts ? What about the "facts" that have little to no historical proofs or the ones that are just the worst case they ever happened applied to every single ones ? Hmmm

[@Daniel_McDonald]

Wow, I had no idea about the complicated social hierarchy and tensions in Saint-Domingue before the Haitian Revolution. It's fascinating to learn about the different groups and their conflicting interests, and how the events of the French Revolution played a role in instigating unrest. This portion of the video really highlights the complexity and nuance of history, and I appreciate the presenter's thorough explanations.

[@josephphoenix1376]

Basically the same in the USA! Rich whites like the Founding Fathers. Poor White Trash. Black Slaves. And Free Blacks like a Frederick Douglas/ Ira Aldridge/Harriet Tubman.

[@NazriB]

Lies again? F**king Whore Free Willy

[@marlene97280]

We have still the same in Martinique and Guadeloupe

[@grantgerson2492]

Martinique will always be a third class citizens in there own country! The blacks from Martinique can do a better job of running their own affairs! Now if they are proud collaborators with white supremacists men then racist white people cannot do wrong! Get your full independence from France now!

[@marlene97280]

Where you from ?

[@jeanogato3327]

Haiti had a major role in the freedom of most South American countries

[@nagomizik9358]

Even Greece as well..Haiti was one of the first to recognize Greece's independence from the Ottoman empire.

[@nagomizik9358]

Haiti supplied men and weapons( thru the sell of tons of its coffee ) to Greece !

[@TylerSolvestri]

They really did a good job sending coffee 😂

[@phsza5607]

@@TylerSolvestri 🧑🏻‍💻trolling can’t change history lol

[@igpxmaster]

@@TylerSolvestri cry more that’s not what happened

[@Kamianiii]

Never forget the history of Haiti. I remember reading over this a few years back and it’s remarkable. It’s sad to know how the following years the country was shattered due to the treatment they got from france, the us, and others. Of course Haiti did some errors as well that have them in the situation they are in. Though every country makes errors at some point. I just think that if they weren’t so unfair with Haiti in the beginning years as a free country, they would have been a stable country. Nevertheless, Haiti is a country I respect a lot and I really hope things would get better for them

[@ragingshibe]

Haiti at this point is a lost cause unfortunately. The country today reacts negatively to foregin aid, but at the same time has an extremely hard time fixing their problems on their own. The only viable solution at this point is to leave the country to its own devices and make sure Haitian ills stay in Haiti.

[@chefdylia6330]

Thank you we salute you. ✊🏾🇭🇹✊🏾🇭🇹

[@quincyquincy4764]

​@TheRagingShiba Or the U.S should stop f*king with Haiti. Didn't they support and coupe in Haiti? Also why is the country still under embargo?

[@jec9050]

@@ragingshibe smh

[@Puddingtops]

@@ragingshibe Spot on ! Haiti doesn’t need any help ( so they say) so let them work hard to make Haiti a great country again 😂😂

[@alexescanobetances6365]

😍 great ℹ️ thank you for this video

[@Allybaba027]

Been watching this channel for years. I was hoping to see my country make it. This makes me happy. Thank you for showing our history, and hopefully you can show more of it.💪🏾

[@bobdollaz3391]

And what a shining success Haiti is!

[@gabenseustache2009]

​@@bobdollaz3391 haiti is what it is today because of u.s interference. Have you realized there's only 2 rich countries in the whole western hemisphere?

[@godofthisshit]

@C.-A. Charlemagne Don't be daft.

[@VoidKillz]

@@gabenseustache2009 Spain is mostly in the Western Hemisphere, and the UK is mostly in the Western Hemisphere. Really it is that there are 2 countries from the Americas that are much richer then they’re neighbors.

[@danielmorris7648]

​@@gabenseustache2009 suuuuuute bud those billions we give them every year are the cause of all their problems lol

[@j.c.7750]

Hello ! I’m a big fan of your work… just a note: the « s » at the end of the word blancs is silent… as well as the « c » ! I’m a teacher in France, so if you need some advices how to pronounce french words in a future video, feel free to ask, I’ll be happy to help. In the meantime, keep on the good work, I really like your videos.

[@electreck]

J.C. are you serious? it's written '' well practice charity begins with oneself'' why not start helping your own people to pronounce english words properly then worry about a ''c'' and ''s''...

[@j.c.7750]

@@electreck my own people ? And who do you think it would be ? For all you know, I was born in Ottawa or in New Orleans… or in Sicily ! Quandu u salariu mostra a luna, l'idiota guarda à u dito…

[@KingDanny9]

Dessalines is one of the greatest heroes in history, along with Toussaint. Dessalines has a street and avenue named for him in New York, by Brooklyn.

[@shooterxd2387]

Ah yes, a hero that ordered the genocide of the entire white population of Haiti, women and children included, babies, the ederly, no one spared. Such a hero, so honorable and virtous.

[@FCRUD]

@@shooterxd2387 WHAT ABOUT COLUMBUS YOU'RE FOLS TREAT HIM LIKE A GOD TILLS THIS DAY

[@KingDanny9]

@@shooterxd2387 Dessalines had no choice. The Whites on the island were being evil. I love Dessalines with all my heart.

[@glxjchaos7775]

@@shooterxd2387 all guilty human traffickers

[@AntiFakeJewsRev2-9-0Zach9-6]

​@@shooterxd2387 that was righteousness, take no enemies prisoners! Yasha Ha'Mashiach going to do the same thing soon & only those who'll serves the Most High Almighty Ahayah will be saved #Revelations19:11-20's/Amos9:7-12 #Galatians 6:7 [7]Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. #Revelation 13:9-10 [9]If any man have an ear, let him hear. [10]He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity: he that killeth with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints. Y'all will be paying soon #Ecclesiastes 3:15 [15]That which hath been is now; and that which is to be hath already been; and God requireth that which is past.

[@robertmajors6910]

Informative, thank you!

[@dessalines5097]

There are a couple of things that I didn’t fully agree with. 1) Toussaint Louverture wasn’t captured. He was kidnapped. Leclerc invited him to a meeting and they trapped him and send him to die in Fort de Joux. 2) Dessalines had given the white people the opportunity to leave, but they refused. General Rochambeau, after losing the war, was given safe passage along with his men. In fact they were given ships with canons to defend themselves against British ships they might encounter on their way to France. Rochambeau the cruel, once at a safe distance at sea turned the canons towards the people who had allowed him to leave with his life. You’re probably wondering why I called him the cruel. Well, for entertainment purpose , he would throw slaves to hungry dogs. All to the delight of his guests. Now let me repeat myself again. They allowed such a wicked man to go free. What makes you think that the white civilians weren’t offered the same opportunity?

[@MohamedRamadan-qi4hl]

There was a mass genocide and rapes. That is a fact

[@dessalines5097]

@@MohamedRamadan-qi4hl , which genocides and rapes are you referring to?

[@danielmorris7648]

See this is the problem with historical revisionists. You can sprew utter racist bs. You expect anyone to belive that the racists trying to form and ethnostate and genocide all white would let them leave?

[@mariech09]

I agree with you. Dessalines was not a white people hater as White historians characterize him. He did cooperate with the good Whites who believed in the freedom of the slaves. He had to do what he did to free our ancestors from the cruelty of the French colons. They were the most cruel among all the colonies. Even Black slaves were given the option to leave the island with their White masters. Most of them who wanted to leave went to the other French colonies, such as Louisiana, etc.

[@sravasaksitam]

As a Haitian I grew up with the idea that Dessalines was our infallible founder of the nation. Now I realize even our first heroes were corrupt

[@andreray2784]

It would be so great to see a high budget movie covering this revolution.

[@charlesspeaksthetruth4334]

Hell Yeah!!!

[@gonaibotv]

They’re not gonna make it because they don’t talk about Haitian history in other countries but Haïti

[@andreray2784]

@@gonaibotv Actually it's more like they only tell emancipation stories that focus on white mercy.

[@mrkilo-g8794]

They don't want to admit they lost a colony

[@amehka5416]

​@@mrkilo-g8794Talk to Nollywood 😂 and actually Haiti turned out to be the losers.

[@zroy9263]

Thank you for this video of enlightenment! I'm a proud middle-aged Haitian American man from Flatbush, Brooklyn, and I will ALWAYS be proud of my ancestral homeland and history! You did an excellent job of simplifying the achievements of Haiti's history, as well as the major accomplishments of the brilliant Generals Toussaint Louverture and Jean-Jacques Dessalines. I think that you should also make a video about the sanctions, embargoes, and the forced reparations that my ancestors have been paying because we conquered white supremacy and the scourge of slavery! I believe it will give the masses around the world an idea of how hate, racism, and white supremacy still prevail as cancer against humanity!

[@EternalEmperorofZakuul]

Don't forget restavek slaves

[@headshotmaster138]

Cope and Seethe.

[@jorgeskuf]

@@headshotmaster138 average raging golden eagle fan, go cry about women not wanting you and be racist somewhere else

[@zroy9263]

@Robert Oughton Yeah right! That's so ass backward that it's hilarious! Europeans sailed to this continent like everyone else yet they're true Americans?! Sounds like you didn't make past the second-grade homie!

[@vladimirmomperousse]

​@Robert Oughton keep crying 😂😂😂😂

[@Alexui78]

Bro I love this type of videos

[@geohistorytoday]

Interesting video. Well made.

[@Goldy1111]

Knowledgia great video I really like ur vids also.. I respectfully ask about one of PR revolutions and attempts on becoming a independent state. Thank u for ur videos man thank u

[@benjaminrush4443]

Thank you on the focus of the successful slave revolt in Haiti. A first for the Americas. I did some reading concerning the Emerging US and their relationship with Independent Haiti. If I can remember, Haiti approached the USA to begin a diplomatic relationship and assistance as a 'Free People'. I believe the US were having their own problems with England, France and Spain. They also owed a great debt to France for assistance in the American Revolutionary War. Let's not forget that Jefferson just bought the Louisiana Territory from France. The Government of the US - Slave Nation in its own right - Boycotted and refused to have any assistance and trading with Haiti. The ramifications lasted throughout the 19th Century and into the 20th Century. Haiti - A Nation for potential wealth - never recovered from the 'Stigma' placed upon it by the USA. Just look at Haiti today. My Thoughts. Thanks.

[@agonefire]

A free people who genocided every white (including sympathetic petit blancs)…yea I wonder why no one was open to “friendly” relations?

[@benjaminrush4443]

@@agonefire Haiti is a tough sell for many. Thanks.

[@TheBlaqOrder]

The US were the biggest hypocrites in that situation. Of course they were never gonna support Haiti lol! They were terrified by the Haitian Revolution as much as Europe was - they were terrified that their own slaves would rise up in the night and slit every white mans throat.

[@benjaminrush4443]

@@TheBlaqOrder Yup. Thanks for the response.

[@thorpeaaron1110]

The United States finally recognized Haiti in 1861 after the South seceded during the American Civil War.

[@brokenbridge6316]

This was a nice look into a very interesting rebellion

[@mixtapemania6769]

Not just the french, we also kicked out both the british and Spanish, in that order. The biggest british loss in the Americas was in Haiti, not the USA. Also we helped simon bolivar fight the Spanish by giving him guns and soldiers. Just had to state it, because the european (white) world tries to purposely ignores our history, but its very intertwined with theirs, you can only ignore ir for so long.

[@businessmanbrute2211]

Why are you speaking english.

[@rarescevei8268]

Your nation oppressed the people on the other side of the island worse than the spanish did.

[@mixtapemania6769]

@@businessmanbrute2211 because I can. Èske ou konn pale lang mwen? Je crois pas.

[@Rickw0910]

Great video

[@JayKay-on2gr]

Won their freedom but have since absolutely wasted it.

[@anthonymanderson7671]

Exactly

[@niajojo5958]

Only God knows the future

[@ellidominusser1138]

2:50 Haiti sounding like a battle-royale Island there

[@stevencooper4422]

Polish troops: "Where we dropping, boys?"

[@imhigh0013]

Haiti is actually quite lovely.... wait... is that Hillary!? RUN!!!! Save the children!!

[@thorpeaaron1110]

It was you had rebel slaves, the French, the British and the Spanish fighting for control of this tiny island.

[@ZonaCero-lo4il]

@@thorpeaaron1110en realidad Francia llegó en un momento que Espańa tenía la isla un poco abandonada, muchos ańos después del descubrimiento de Colón, y cuando regresaron encontraron los franceses ocupando la isla. Lucharon entre ellos y luego llegaron a un acuerdo, Espańa le cedió lo que hoy es Haití, pero era una parte más pequeńa de la que tiene ese país el día de hoy, y Espańa siguió con su colonia en la isla. Ahí se dividió la isla y Francia llevó los esclavos africanos, de los que decienden la mayoría de haitianos. Pero en realidad la isla le perteneció primero a los Taínos y luego de la conquista a Espańa. El lado espańol era muy distinto al francés. Los franceses eran más crueles con los esclavos, mientras que los espańoles trataban a sus súbditos respetando sus derechos. Cuando Haití ocupó el lado espańol se vivió un infierno que terminó cuando surgió el movimiento dirigido por Juan Pablo Duarte, Los Trinitarios, los que sacaron del lado que hoy es República Dominicana a los invasores haitianos, con ese logro dejó de ser colonia espańola y esclava de los haitianos, y se le puso el nombre de República Dominicana como nación libre e independiente. Esa es la real historia de la isla.

[@laudio488]

Just a quote from the Web: 'During Haiti's critical period of development, France intervened even more directly than the U.S. to thwart its success. In July 1825, the French King, Charles X, sent an armed flotilla of warships to Haiti with the message that the young nation would have to pay France 150 million francs to secure its independence, or suffer the consequences. That sum was 10 times the amount the United States had paid France in the Louisiana Purchase, which had doubled the size of the U.S. Almost literally at gunpoint, Haiti caved to France's demands in order to secure its independence. The amount was too much for the young nation to pay outright, and so it had to take out loans with hefty interest rates from a French bank. Over the next century, Haiti paid French slaveholders and their descendants the equivalent of between $20 and $30 billion in today's dollars. It took Haiti 122 years to pay it off. Professor Marlene Daut writes it "severely damaged the newly independent country's ability to prosper."

[@danielmorris7648]

You see how you start off that with immediate bias and a misunderstanding of history? "Critical period of success" they HAD NO SUCCESS youre assuming that an ethnostate full of racists have the tools to build anything lol

[@me67galaxylife]

Deserved for the proto-genocide. Based

[@Anju876]

This history has been out there for some time but has never picked up traction. Both the Freench and US had their hand in dwarfing Haitis development. The US acted like they wanted to help after fact and ended crippling them even more.

[@me67galaxylife]

@@Anju876 spoiler alert : haiti did that to themselves with terrible policies and leader Oh and, because of a certain genocide, the french rightfully slapped them once the british stopped blockading them (the reason why the rebellion succeeded in the first place) :)

[@BN.ja05]

Interesting how the french were the ones that upheld a pretty strict race/class system in Haiti and yet the Spaniards were and are the ones still getting all the bad rep for ThE CaStEs, when they never did such things in any of their viceroys and captancies (having less enslaved black peoples than any other european power on the Americas).

[@thorpeaaron1110]

No in fact after Haiti declared independence and basically destroyed the plantation system in their country Cuba replaced it as a the sugar capital of the world and they wouldn't abolish slavery until 1886.

[@BN.ja05]

@@thorpeaaron1110 That might be true in the caribbean, but you're forgetting the actual cane sugar plantation capital of the world at that time: Brazil, where slavery wasn't abolished until 1888, literally the last country on the americas to do so. Plus the haitian elite was paranoid and attacked Santo Domingo 'cause they thought the Spanish there would try to enslave them back.

[@thorpeaaron1110]

@@BN.ja05 Probably more complicated then that. But the Haitian occupation did cause rifs between them causing the 1937 Parsley Massacre under dictator Rafael Trujillo.

[@BN.ja05]

@@thorpeaaron1110 Exactly, the haitian occupation destroyed any future friendly relationships between the 2 nations on La Española which only helped foreign interests thrive; cough cough 'muricans cough cough.

[@daverolling1435]

@@thorpeaaron1110 lol what? They didn’t destroy the plantation system. Read Code Rural. They kept the same system which is why from 1804-1867 Haiti never had a leader finish their full term.

[@jankusthegreat9233]

U are awsome

[@jeanremy5036]

Thank you for enlightening and sharing; and that was quite a wonderful tribute to the Heroes of antiquities and our ancestors; and May the eyes of the Lord be upon this wonderful nation; and just like the Phenix Haiti 🇭🇹 will arise from the ashes sometimes soon 🔜!🙏🤲 hopefully 🤞

[@amehka5416]

😂😂 you're sounding pessimistic.

[@theawesomeman9821]

Give Haiti credit, it was the second nation in the Americas to win its own independence from Europeans.

[@johnjones8888]

And look how far they've come.....

[@stevencooper4422]

​@@johnjones8888 now the boats they use to get to Florida are made of styrofoam coolers! 😀

[@adamthetired9319]

Maybe the first one, because I would not consider the US independence to be "from Europeans", the Americans themselves were/are Europeans. If anything, the Europeans who created the countries of the Americas and live in them, are the colonists. Not the Europeans who remained in Europe.

[@ChristianAuditore14]

Who was the first?

[@vespa9566]

Yeah…. that’s worked out well for them. They went from the richest island in the world, too a dumpster fire

[@Bonillakandy]

Nice video

[@strikeforce1500]

Bruh,I live in Dominican Republic, and I learn about the Haitian revolution here than in any history class ,lol. With that said. It is a shame that the country and its population,never seem to catch a break.

[@g.ivanovgrozev7050]

Bro! i grew up in the DR, and i can say the same!

[@copeyano718]

As far as I remember “Sociales” how history class was named back in the days was 70% about the Haitian revolution and the French era.

[@raylreyesf]

Even though we know all of this we’d love to see a video about DR and our history with Haiti 😂

[@XloMotion]

​@@raylreyesf they don't want to hear that their war heroes were nothing but a bunch of lunatics and butchers. The video stopped short but in 1803 was their first invasion of the DR killing women, children's and jus about anyone in their path.

[@bastianx8772]

Dominicans will never teach you the real history lol😂😂 because you weren't free at all and the descendents of the spanish colonizers who still in charge will never tell you what really happen, that's why you hate being black and having parts of african ancestry

[@brotherswith488]

Thank you for the great work

[@jonathanvillanueva9206]

Man, whenever I hear the story of Haiti I tear up a bit. The first black republic. Haiti had so much potential but the vestiges of the social hierarchy and the outside world’s contempt really hurt the country. Much love from a Jamaican 🇯🇲. May peace come to our beautiful islands.

[@chinesevirus-ix3yr]

Your islands? Lmao If whites can't have their own country neither can you Slave

[@xmalin1]

yea, that country is literally in anarchy right now

[@jeanbethencourt1506]

If the US deep state would stay out of the Haitian government, maybe they could catch a break.

[@johnjones8888]

Outside worlds contempt? The outside world is literally the only reason they have anything. They can't feed themselves...... They've been in control of their own destiny for a long time. Nobody to blame but themselves.

[@NSC776]

@@johnjones8888 Ahh yes… they win their freedom and they were left to live alone happily ever after in your head? Perhaps you’re unaware of the crippling financial burden France has put on them, Americas interventions and the trade embargo’s the country had placed on it after independence

[@ajx2956]

Finally someone covers this!

[@patricka.crawley6572]

And the African Nation of Haiti has made such immense progress. Free from colonialist masters: now equal to Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore in economic and social progress.

[@EternalEmperorofZakuul]

Can confirm. I took a trip there and enjoyed the pyramids and the Olmec heads

[@erti4531]

Nice vid but I have 1 year waiting for skanderbeg second episode

[@khal7702]

good for u

[@Jean_Jacques148]

Bro watch Historymarche Skanderbeg video.

[@jimkinkade6919]

Lydia Bailey by Kenneth Roberts!

[@amarusheeku8605]

The flag you showed at the end of the video🇭🇹 is what's recognized by U.N. ...and was placed by the u.s and the mulattos in 1987. The true Ayisyen flag is.... ⬛🟥. It was given to us by J-J Dessalines. ...And this is what we want to restore.

[@hanifmartin7505]

Yes sir ayibobo

[@amarusheeku8605]

@@hanifmartin7505 loll

[@thorpeaaron1110]

But didn't you guys assassinate Dessalines though?

[@amarusheeku8605]

@@thorpeaaron1110 *who's you "guys"???* That shows...you don't know the Haitian history at all. Let me enlighten you a little. The problem you see in Haiti today has always been the problem of -Haiti- AYITI ever since her birthday (01/01/1804) or since the death of her emperor (J-J Dessalines). See, when Ayiti took her independence from france, there was a division between the blacks and the mulattos. Now, who was the leader of AYITI at the time...? Dessalines, of course, a black man. Who did not like Dessalines at the time... 🇫🇷, 🇪🇸, 🇬🇧, 🇺🇸, and of course the mulattos (🇭🇹). All of a sudden Dessalines ended up dead, all black people knew it wouldn't be beneficial for any black person to kill him... now, you go figure. WHEN YOU SAY "YOU GUYS"....Do you really know who you're talking about?????? Please, Do some research on -Haiti- AYITI.

[@bastianx8772]

@@thorpeaaron1110 no it was the france and the US plot back then and executed by petion and his accolites. That's when everything begin

[@AverytheCubanAmerican]

"Haiti is starting to like the idea of a revolution, especially the slaves, who free themselves by killing their masters!" Toussaint Louverture: Why didn't we think of this before? "Wait, who's in charge of France now?" Napoleon: ✨Me✨ "said Napoleon, trying to take over Europe. Luckily, they banished him to an island!" "✨But he came back✨!" "Luckily, they banished him to another island"

[@toddharig8142]

Hi Bill Wurtz.

[@hmoobmeeka]

Its avery the cuban american

[@user-unos111]

And thus the poorest country in America was born. Kinda sad to see how every popular uprising ends up as a failure eventually.

[@youtubesangryopinionramble1465]

What a time it was… 🇫🇷⚜️

[@ItsDefOver9000]

Relative to its size (both in landmass & population), Haiti is arguably one of the most historically impressive countries in the world. Certainly in the Americas at the very least. A paradoxical revelation when you consider the state it’s in now. Shoutout to the Haitians, by & large some generous & hardworking folks. A resilient ppl if there ever was any.

[@BH-gh6qm]

Sweet independence... how did that work out for them ? oh theyre one of the worst countries in the world? ok cool

[@jr3753]

@@BH-gh6qm slavery or freedom. I’d take freedom any day.

[@ManuS-rm7jk]

You are never free if you don't have the intellectual hability to even take care of yourself.@@jr3753

[@lulu0724]

​@jr3753 Only an imbecile would think "code rural" was in any form freedom.

[@thomasczerniakiewicz]

Didn’t they allow polish people to stay in the country due to their own struggles in Europe?

[@The_Space_Born]

#amwf

[@benjauron5873]

Among the "French" soldiers of the LeClerc expedition were some Polish soldiers, as Poland was France's ally. The Poles were told they were going to Haiti to fight for liberty, equality, fraternity, etc., the same that they were told they had fought for in Europe. But when they got to Haiti, they soon realized that the French were actually fighting to re-impose slavery, which had been abolished about a decade earlier, and it was the Haitians who were the actual freedom fighters, so SOME Polish soldiers of the French expedition defected to the Haitians and fought on their side. When the war ended and the Haitians had won, the few Polish defectors who survived (maybe about 5,000 or so) were given full Haitian citizenship, the only whites to receive it. Some Haitians today are descendants of those Polish soldiers, but after 10 generations or so of intermarriage with the locals, Slavic physical features have mostly disappeared.

[@thorpeaaron1110]

Yep Dessalines referred to them as the "White Negroes of Europe" because he sympathized with their struggle and there's still a Polish community in Haiti today.

[@anuragtumane5227]

Haiti showed themselves in the Caribbean who they are after they overthrew their French colonizers.

[@pablobilbao9258]

It's more like Haiti was French and the colonizers were the former slaves, they colonized a French territory.

[@romanex777]

I don't believe you miss the genocide of the French to the 900,000 native Indian that were on the island prior to the haitien african. The number one genocide in human history 😢.

[@dominik156NT]

Rly nothing about Polish Legion... Shame...

[@Jean_Jacques148]

Why are the poles always heroic in history lol

[@x-a-]

@@Jean_Jacques148 heroic betrayal.

[@jeanc3167]

So Charles Leclerc was a failed general before failing to be an F1 champions 😂

[@deepminds777]

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@ianblake815]

Wouldn’t be surpassed by another event in the Caribbean until Cuba in the 1960s

[@dessalines5097]

Surpassed??????? Fidel Castro himself wouldn’t utter such absurdity. There are two nations out of many who always express their love and gratitude to Haiti. Cuba and Venezuela. We talking about an event with global impact. France, Britain and Spain took a whipping in Haiti. I’m sure that is not what you meant to say.

[@Pheat]

Although it's not all of the story, it sounds like one of the greatest slaves revolution to me. My love for freedom ❤️ , live free or die. I love you, Haiti 🇭🇹 🎉🎉🎉

[@BlackMoonstone531]

THE greatest.

[@BH-gh6qm]

Sweet independence... how did that work out for them ? oh theyre one of the worst countries in the world? ok cool

[@billcipher3946]

@@BH-gh6qmYou are all over this comment section troll, it’s truly pathetic.

[@philcassidy3823]

they're hardly living over there

[@drew17210]

Nice

[@kaysmoke_]

Super informative 🇭🇹🇭🇹🇭🇹

[@animezsleepireviews8627]

I've listened to so many stories from you but I never thought you'd do my own story like that

[@krkMuse]

Haitians don't realize how powerful they are. They destroyed a French army at its prime. I mean, dude. You beat people with guns who were very strategic, but cannot defeat a bunch of men with suit? If that's not sad, what is? This is like beating the current US army with just guns, but cannot face a bunch of streets gangs because you are afraid. PFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF

[@BlackMoonstone531]

Are you aware that the US, Canada and France invaded Haiti in 2004, and then subsequently arranged for a murderous 14 year multinational UN occupation of the country? Do you know that white foreigners got together in Ottawa, Canada in 2003 and decided, without a single Haitian in the room, to unilaterally cancel Haiti's sovereignty? Do you know that as a result, Haiti is controlled by proxy by a mafia consortium of Western ambassadors called the Core Group? Do you know that those so-called ''street gangs'' are ultimately there to fulfill the Western agenda in Haiti with the help of the local puppets that those same countries (with the US in the lead) illegally installed during their occupation? Where do their guns come from and why are they allowed to flood Haiti and get into their hands? By the way, the year 2004 is significant, as it was the 200th year anniversary of Haiti's independence. White hatred for that Revolution never died. And part of the reason they invaded is because the democratically elected president at the time had launched a reparations campaign against France. Let that sink in. It's not as simple as you think. The forces unleashed against Haiti to destroy and control it for good are formidable. Rochambeau's ghost came back, and he brought lots of evil friends for a do-over. The white supremacist counter-revolution continues.

[@armandoguzmannieves5472]

Why is Puerto Rico blanked out? Wouldn’t we be Spanish yellow?

[@Barwasser]

MS Paint ran out of ink...

[@armandoguzmannieves5472]

@@Barwasser We Boricuas get shafted once more😞 Oh well, still great video

[@HOLYOKEFLATS]

🇵🇷✌🏽

[@thorpeaaron1110]

​@@armandoguzmannieves5472Not only you guys but also Jamaica is blanked out it should be red since it was a British colony at the time .

[@armandoguzmannieves5472]

@@thorpeaaron1110 damn

[@astarot610]

Vive Haïti libre, forte, et prospère

[@nagomizik9358]

Yon konba ap toujou rete yon konba!! Se atò batay la koumanse!! Dlo koule nan je mw wi grenadye!✊🏿✊🏿✊🏿✊🏿🇭🇹🇭🇹🇭🇹🇭🇹

[@me67galaxylife]

Libre oui, prospère et forte non

[@SKIROW]

In French Blanc or Blancs is pronounced "Blan". C and cs without a vowel at the end are silent.

[@khal7702]

silent letters are useless

[@SKIROW]

@@khal7702 I agree

[@gideonmoseri4850]

@@khal7702 not in Français

I will change myself

[@svetlanaivnitskaya3504]

I wish the people had the same fervour and conviction against Putin in Russia that those slaves had against their masters

[@bricejennifer9457]

Im from Haiti

[@theMultiJawee]

Bro y’all kill me with these pronunciations 😂

[@stevenfelix2812]

Do a video of the independents of Dominican Republic 🇩🇴

[@oguun_garvey6531]

Jean Jacques Dessalines was a great general. But if he had remained a general and Henri Christophe came into power after Toussaint. I think the story of Haiti would have been a lot more successful. Dessalines embodied the rage of the common black man at the constant state of atrocities the French drug black people through, with their tortures for leisure. And the way they used and and disposed of human beings. It was absolutely the worst practice of slavery the world has ever seen, so it's hard to be mad at Dessalines. But Henri Christophe saw the bigger picture. And that was necessary for the times. It was just too late and too much division when he came to power.

[@tonyriddle5491]

Really, I thought slavery and racism was only ever in the USA

[@gibememoni]

Why kill the mullatos

[@andresmith6029]

@@tonyriddle5491 who lied to you?

[@tonyriddle5491]

@@andresmith6029 I'm being facetious. That's all you ever hear about is the United States slavery. Though slavery has been going on all over the world for thousands of years

[@andresmith6029]

@@tonyriddle5491 that’s y we have to do our own research

[@user-nj3up1hv7v]

you did not tell the whole truth to the end,Haitians paid a huge ransom to France for their independence for many years.

[@509LM]

That was 20+ years later after Haiti gained independence. You’re the one that’s misinformed

[@cheeriotheocelot5273]

Haiti deserves reparations

[@ViktoriyaNevski]

@@cheeriotheocelot5273 😂

[@rarescevei8268]

​​@@cheeriotheocelot5273How exactly could they get reparations?

[@thundergeotuber]

You should make full history of Maurya Empire

[@MrSupernova111]

Phenomenal. Its unfortunate Haiti never got its economy in traction since then.

[@philcassidy3823]

It was to be expected

[@akken2112]

Haiti and the Haitian revolution should hold a special place in the hearts of African descendants and other freedom loving people.

[@mrkilo-g8794]

Untied States are scared of this because they thought the US slaves would do the same

[@EternalEmperorofZakuul]

​@@mrkilo-g8794 and then free slaves from the USA wanted to return to slavery in the USA after experiencing freedom in Haiti

[@amehka5416]

​@@EternalEmperorofZakuulRubbish.

[@BlackMoonstone531]

@@EternalEmperorofZakuul You keep repeating this idiocy all over this page. Quite a few stayed and simply mixed with the local population. And no one returned to slavery. And ''free slaves'' is an oxymoron. Do you understand the meaning of the words you type or do you just throw them against the wall any kind of way and hope they stick?

[@EternalEmperorofZakuul]

@@BlackMoonstone531 I admire your vain attempt at trying to make Haiti's image look better, when in reality it's just a sad and failed state with no future. Believe me, when people see how awful and not so free it is, their views will change

[@anthonymanderson7671]

I am not surprised to hear that the slave revolt was able to defeat a country. The haitian revolution is insanely interesting.

[@Pretendeurable]

you were there.

[@jtgd]

2:23 a clusterfuck of jealousy and hatred

[@cjclark1208]

All as planned, divide and conquer.

[@jimmieshaw9955]

Not referring to this topic, but also the Ethiopians gain independence of it's own nation from the Italians not once but twice. One of the battles that happened between Ethiopia, the Ethiopians, and Italy, the Italians; was called the Battle at Adwa in 1896.

[@rarescevei8268]

No. Ethiopia got independence from Italy only one time. That was after the second Italo-Ethiopian war, when Ethiopia was occupied by fascist Italy, and restored after 1943 when Italy lost in Africa. Ethiopia wasnt under Italian control before or after the first Italo-Ethiopian war.

[@TheBigThinker944]

Do a video about what France did afterwards

[@richardadamwais9734]

French colony was the worst colonial colony in America

[@chrisaustin7644]

Napoleon reestablished slavery again in 1802, the French revolution far from being a milestone of freedom and the like, was a slaughterhouse where people were killed left and right and one of the greatest evils of humanity, the Haitians had their reasons.

[@thorpeaaron1110]

The French would re abolish slavery in 1848.

[@major_kukri2430]

​@@thorpeaaron1110 utterly meaningless to an enslaved person living in 1800.

[@c.w.simpsonproductions1230]

What’s truly vile is that to this day, Haiti has never stopped being punished for its successful slave uprising.

[@austinrogge1771]

Then the Americans got involved and saved the day! Oh... wait, no... that's not what happened?

[@jeanremy5036]

Give me liberty 🗽 or death!😊

[@oliversherman2414]

Imagine being a civilian in the modern day Dominican Republic at the time just watching these events unfold like 😐

[@lulu0724]

Not just watching but being involved in it by being invaded by Haiti and forced into slavery again with Code Rural after two months of winning their independence from Spain.

[@AlahmadHamis]

What’s going to happen in America in 3 years

[@oliversherman2414]

@@AlahmadHamis ?

[@Tojiddinov008]

Hello, I'm Uzbek, please, I like your videos, but please make a video about the most powerful sultan of his time, Amir Temur, who defeated the Ottomans and saved the whole east from the evil Mongols, and his descendants, please, thank you in advance.

[@P4Tri0t420]

Its a Farce that Haiti still has to pay reperations to the "mighty" french

[@Caseshells123]

One of the reasons Haiti is so poor is because France forced Haiti to pay the French Plantations owners their lost of property. It took Haiti a years to pay off the debt and impoverished the country to this day.

[@cheeriotheocelot5273]

What France did you Haiti was nothing but shameful, Haiti deserves repetitions

[@thorpeaaron1110]

Haiti didn't finish paying these reparations until 2013.

[@cheeriotheocelot5273]

@@thorpeaaron1110 that is evil

[@Alpffine]

Maybe don't genocide every civilian white men women and children AFTER you had already won the war.

[@thorpeaaron1110]

@@cheeriotheocelot5273 It truly is.

[@nicolaenicolae3289]

👍

[@yonathanmengistu731]

Umm, forgive me if the response is extreme in the moment but if we’re gonna call what Dessalines did a genocide then wtf do you call what the French did in Haiti? Mind you, the level of brutality used by the French as well as the constant double crosses by the French for centuries created the conditions necessary to illicit such a reaction. We can be fair and say that brutality was exercised on both sides which is true but I don’t like how what the French did was seemingly glossed over as some regular ho-hum 18th century white folks shit while the very natural, visceral response of the people fighting for their freedom and humanity had to have it be declared a genocide. The extremely high mortality rate on San Domingue doesn’t count as genocide though huh? Nor does the extermination of the Taino populations. Sorry, but this critique was needed imo and it points to my personal issue with begging for outsiders to tell the story of these Black struggles as opposed to us ourselves telling them. Again, kudos for making the video at all because it does educate somewhat and brings attention to things but I’d take into consideration my comments and why it would be offensive to someone Black such as myself to see that very obvious double standard. Don’t let me find out y’all got videos about how the American Revolution was a humane nearly bloodless revolution too. 😂

[@godofthisshit]

@Yonathan Mengistu You aint the only one who noticed.

[@valedme2957]

Thank you ! This narrative is absurd and voluntary. Shameful to say the least.

[@jdcd001]

The story is incomplete, especially with the constitution and the map is wrong if you read the first constitution.

[@RomeWill]

It seems to me like the Haitians destroying everything was a bad idea. It may have been necessary, perhaps. Not sure. But definitely bad from an economic standpoint following independence.

[@wingman4356]

Thanks for this! But did it just skip over the victory against a 40,000 British army? *size varies dedending on who is counted and when A British army that was also trying to restore slavery?

[@charlesspeaksthetruth4334]

Facts. The Haitians defeated both French and British armies. That isn't talked about enough.

[@carlosdesire5855]

@@charlesspeaksthetruth4334 and the Spanish try to take it in the Dominican side The DNA of blacks from that part of Africa mix with French white were unstoppable check this guy name axlendra dumas he wasn't even in Haiti wouldn't been no matches just the blood make damage in europe

[@BlackMoonstone531]

@@charlesspeaksthetruth4334 And the Spanish

[@justonecornetto80]

They didn`t defeat a British army of 40000. That was the peak number of British troops used to seize French colonies across the whole of the Caribbean. Besides Haiti, there were other actions also taking place. In actuality, around 20000 British troops were used in Haiti over the space of 5 years and the vast majority of casualties were caused by yellow fever, malaria and smallpox, not combat. A highly detailed breakdown of the British occupation of Saint Domingue can be found in the doctoral thesis of David Geggus, Professor of Caribbean History, University of Florida and John Carter Brown Library fellow.

[@justonecornetto80]

@@charlesspeaksthetruth4334 Yellow fever defeated the British.

[@TesaLegitimusVonAtti]

A great story, too bad it is now one of the poorest and most corrupt countries in the world.

[@ironiccookies2320]

This happy independence was short lived. Haiti was essentially cut off from the rest of the world because they were (and still are) a black country, so nobody really traded with them. And they had to pay France for whatever reason.

[@Creole_adventures]

Haiti was made an example of. Europe mainly France and America bankrupt Haiti. Reason why Haitians in such disparities

[@ryonworthy7990]

Long Live Haiti.

[@marym7104]

Within 60,600 views!

[@TheBigThinker944]

Do a video of how toussaint levatoure was killed by the French

[@jiritichy7967]

And thus now independent Haiti, no more a French colony, is prosperous and striving.

[@tonysambar]

...and then they built a beautiful, prosperous, peaceful democracy 😢

[@christiancolossus5165]

🤣🤣🤣

[@thorpeaaron1110]

Uh no Haiti's history after the revolution would be full of military dictators and a brief U.S Occupation in the Early 20th Century.

[@amarusheeku8605]

That's because the masters are still there 😒😏 🇺🇸 🇨🇦 🇫🇷

[@danielangelcervantes1559]

Is saint domingue

[@mariech09]

I appreciate the enthusiastic way you presented the history of Haiti. However, I would like to inform people about the ceremony that preceded the revolution. As White historians made us believe, it was not a vaudou ceremony, it was a conference that took place that night. There was no drinking of the blood of a sacrificed pig. These African slaves were originally Hebrew Israelites. They did not eat pigs. They did not make a pact with the devil to become free men. This is a big lie. The bottom line, some never accepted the fact that slaves could take their freedom by force and founded a nation. This revolution shook so many. This is the reason some want to exterminate Haitians but still want to get the land. There are plenty of natural resources in the land and they know that. They like to describe Haiti as the poorest nation in the Western Hemisphere. Why? Some of the answers are right there in this presentation. There is hope for Haiti! We only need to get united together again and ignore those who want to divide us. We can do it.❤️💕👏

[@carloscaceres1329]

Do the dominican republic next

[@MrClyjade]

Wasn’t it under Haiti’s control?

[@majuscule8883]

When the Spanish colonist learned what black slaves did to the french , they emasculated all the male African slaves and domesticated their descendants, telling them that they are white.

[@evillink1]

​@MrClyjade nope. After the Hatians massacred all the white people on their side of the island, they decided to march east and try to annex and do the same thing. They occupied it for a while, but Dominicans rose up and kicked them out.

[@olantenz]

the heart of latin america 🇭🇹❤🔥

[@questionableresponse4408]

They were given a choice pay your way out with so much interest they just finished paying a few years back since independence that was their way out.

[@YatesTheGreat]

Good story of our past but please start to state “enslaved” vs “slaves” because you are not quoting enslaved dutches, Irishmen, or natives of these islands

[@jorexthox4330]

Slaves beat Napoleon 😂

[@vdavid9395]

People beat Napoleon

[@jorexthox4330]

@@vdavid9395 the slaves beat him not random people

[@vdavid9395]

@@jorexthox4330 People, who at one point were enslaved. Slavery is a condition. A temporary one, for many of the revolutionaries, who clearly weren't accepting of said condition. They were people, not defined by their condition

[@jorexthox4330]

@@vdavid9395 uh 🙄…, SLAVERY had everything to do with them FIGHTING napoleon … SLAVERY SUCKS 🫤