Effects Of The Haitian Revolution

Gaining Freedom as an outcome of The Haitian Revolution Slavery accompanied human life from the beginning of history. Slaves around the world were always the lowest class, and they almost had no rights. Moreover, slaves were forced to work very hard even in harsh environments. They had very low standards of living for them, their only function was to work. Especially slaves in Haiti slaves were coerced to work in sugar and coffee plantations, which considered as tough or dirty job. Because of the exploitation of slaves in Haiti, the slaves carried out a revolution from 1791 to 1804 against the slave owners. The most important outcome in Haitian Revolution was freedom. In other words, the Haitian people were no longer slave; they gained their
It made people in the Atlantic World to think they can do the same thing, which was revolution. Also, their message was clear, freedom, which all of the humans in the world have the right to obtain it. After the Haitian revolution succeed automatically the Atlantic world divided into two zones of slave and no slave. The effect of this revolution can be seen in other places in the Atlantic world for example Cartagena as stated by Mimi Sheller “ongoing symbolism of the Haitian revolution amongst lower classes in the Republic of Cartagena” can be seen
When Haitian people revolted, they killed a lot of French, and French lost a lot of money by sending troops to Haiti. Importantly, French colonial rule lost the profit which they made from the sugar plantation. Also, in 1825, as Kim Ives stated that the debt or the loan which was about 90 million gold francs was imposed to the Haitian People since French Colonizers said that they have lost slaves and property during that revolution (Ives). That is the awkward part of the independence of the Haitian people. They got their independence, but they had to pay the French, who were the losers of the war. However, Kona Shen stated that Haiti was afraid of being invaded again by foreign forces because “French troops remain[ed] in the eastern part of Hispaniola and France is actively lobbying England, Spain and the United States to isolate Haiti commercially and diplomatically” (Shen). Moreover, that indicated that French may have wanted to get revenge from the Haitians. In addition, they may have planned this to induce the Haitians pay the reparation. That is why Haitians acquiesced to French demands for the reparation in 1825. In other words, Haitians had no other choice rather than paying the reparation because France was strong, and they could harm the Haiti in a