Haitian Revolution


 * Successful 1791 slave uprising
 * Led by Toussant L'Ouverture
 * Betrayed by Jean Babtiste Brunet
 * Colony was then known as Saint-Domingue
 * The Battle of Crete-a-Pierrot was fought near the Artibonite River
 * Expedition led by Charles Leclerc eventually captured a fort held by Jean-Jacques Dessalines
 * Event continued despite Leger-Felicite Sonthonax's attempts to grant more rights to the affranchis and the gens de couleur