Successful Slave Revolutions: The Haitian Revolution

The Haitian Revolution was one of the most successful slave revolutions of all time. During the period before the Haitian Revolution, Haiti was one of the richest countries in the Western Hemisphere: fueled by slave labor. Slaves were forced to work as long as the sun was up and they often spent all day chopping or hacking at sugar cane with a machete. If the slaves refused to work, they were shot or beaten. This upsets me because people of color were treated like lesser beings because of their skin color and slave owners used them for their personal satisfaction and if the slaves didn’t oblige with the master’s order, they were cruelly punished. This is not fair because we are all people and deserve to be treated equally. This is what Toussaint