Ever wonder why Haiti is a poor country with rampant corruption and violent crime? Grab a seat, mon ami. France enslaved the ...

The plantation owners and white population lived ... who's rebellion on the French-controlled Caribbean island of Saint-Domingue ultimately led to the formation of the nation of Haiti in 1804.

On Saint Domingue, the free people of color began the chain of rebellion when French planters would not grant them citizenship as decreed by the National Assembly of France in its "Declaration of ...

What did Jefferson think about Haiti? A: All of the American newspapers covered events in Saint Domingue, in a great deal of detail. All Americans understood what was happening there. It wasn't ...

Louverture was born into slavery on a plantation in Saint-Domingue, and became a free man in his adult life. From the early 1790s, he was actively involved in strategic leadership of the uprisings ...