Napoleon betrayed them. So they destroyed his army. The brutal end of the Haitian Revolution.

In 1802, Napoleon Bonaparte made a fatal calculation: he thought he could re-enslave Haiti. He sent 30,000 troops, his best general, and a fleet to crush the revolution. He failed.

Part 2 of our series covers the "War of Independence" led by Jean-Jacques Dessalines. From the tragic death of Toussaint Louverture in a French prison to the decisive Battle of Vertières, we explore how disease, guerilla...