The Haitian Revolution
In Our Time: History
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What Is the Haitian Revolution?
The Haitian revolution began in 1791 with a revolt which then turned into revolution. How common was such a revolt in the New World around that time? Well I think it's worth thinking through what do we mean by revolt, right? It keeps going for 12 long years. Many other sort of altercations and revolts that happen typically were very small and very immediate,. There are lots of indications and instances of very big ones but there's a lot of things that people did to actually be disruptive.
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