#BlackHistoryMonth2020 #BlackHistoryMonth
Summary
- People stood up to the French, colonialism and racism,
- Toussaint Bréda, later known as Toussaint Louverture was one of the generals leading the revolution who became a Spanish officer and later changed his allegiance back to French,
- French fought against the Spanish whilst the British invaded the Haiti,
- In 1794 the National Convention in Paris ratified decrees freeing slaves in the Haiti,
- Yellow fever killed off many soldiers.