In 1791, the revolution took place in the French colony of Santo Domingo later called Haiti. The Haitian revolution occurred in communities around the Atlantic Ocean. As one of the wealthiest European outposts in the New World, the Caribbean island is the third in the west and has some of the largest and most barbarian slave farms. Slave workers plant sugar, coffee, indigo, cotton and they must endure a terrible death and always import slaves from Africa. In 1789, about 465,000 black slaves were living on this island.
Tusan was the leader of the Haitian revolutionary revolution that took place in the colonies of French Saint Dominic in 1791. The Haitian Revolution is a slave uprising, which led to the abolition of slavery and the establishment of the Republic of Haiti. This was the only slave riot in history, which led to the establishment of the state. Zapata - Mexico's national idol is the main figure of the Mexican Revolution, fighting for farmer's rights and land reform. His document entitled "Plan de Ayala" promotes redistribution of land to farmers as a template for democratic land ownership. After many struggles, the southern liberation army of Zapatista successfully carried out the land reform that Zapata assumed, at Morelos in the southern part of Mexico.
Laurent Dubois speaks eloquently the story of the Haitian Revolution from 1804 until the Haitian Revolution becomes independent from the old regime. The Haitian Revolution is important for world history in many ways. It is the first independent Latin American country and the second independent country in the Western Hemisphere following America. More importantly, it completely shows the radicalism of the 18th century. The Haitian Revolution reversed the world at the time as the former slave came to the former European colonies of the Caribbean Sea. This major event was a topic ignored for a long time, but CLU James (Black Jacobs: Dusan Lovatur and St. Domingo Revolution) is certainly a piece by a writer like Thomas Ott. Haitian Revolution, 1789-1804) and Caroline Fick (Haiti: Under the Santo Domingo Revolution)