They burned the plantations and defeated three empires. This is the true story of the Haitian Revolution.

Saint-Domingue was the brutal jewel of the French Empire—until 1791. In this video, we uncover the incredible story of the Haitian Revolution, the only successful slave revolt in history. Led by Toussaint Louverture, a former slave with a genius for strategy, the rebels of Haiti did the impossible: they shattered the chains of slavery and defeated the armies of Europe.

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