What caused the Haitian Revolution?

• History
• Lower Secondary (Key Stage 3)

Why was there tension between the following group: Big and small whites

Why was there tension between the following group: Mulattoes and Small whites.

Why was there tension between the following group: Black Slaves and Mulattoes

Why was there tension between the following group: Haitian and African born slaves.

Topic sentence: A second cause of the Haitian Revolution was new ideas.

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<font style="vertical-align: inherit"><font style="vertical-align: inherit"><font style="vertical-align: inherit"><font style="vertical-align: inherit">During the French Revolution the French demanded liberty, equality and brotherhood. This New Idea spread to Haiti.&nbsp;</font></font></font></font>

<font style="vertical-align: inherit"><font style="vertical-align: inherit">Vincent Uge wanted equality for ‘Mulattoes’ in Haiti. After reading the slogan ‘liberty, equality, fraternity’ he felt that French law should apply to Haiti as well as France.</font></font>

<font style="vertical-align: inherit"><font style="vertical-align: inherit"><font style="vertical-align: inherit"><font style="vertical-align: inherit">Uge killed (broken on the wheel). The Big whites on the Island decided to make an example of Oge and publicly executed him by brutally breaking him on the wheel.</font></font></font></font>

<font style="vertical-align: inherit"><font style="vertical-align: inherit">With the death of Oge, the fear in Haiti grew to epidemic proportions. It was obvious that something big was about to happen in Haiti.</font></font>

Topic sentence: A further cause of the Revolution was the role of Dutty Boukman.

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Dutty Boukman was a slave born in the British colony of Jamaica

Boukman seems to have been an intelligent and charismatic man who possessed strong leadership qualities.&nbsp;

<font style="vertical-align: inherit"><font style="vertical-align: inherit">Boukman performs a voodoo ceremony. A voodoo ceremony was the ideal place to start a rebellion. It was permitted by the whites as a means of releasing tension.&nbsp;</font></font>

On August 14th 1789, a group of slaves, led by Boukman, took their torches and cane knives and the haitian revolution began.