Saint Dominique, a French colony in the Caribbean Sea where 100,000 slaves rebelled, became a country called

Saint Dominique, a French colony in the Caribbean Sea where 100,000 slaves rebelled, became a country called Haiti, which is still very impoverished and experiences lots of natural disaster.

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emilyadalex emilyadalex · Answer 2 · 2019-01-15T18:47:22+01:00

Saint Dominique, a French colony in the Caribbean Sea where 100,000 slaves rebelled, became a country called HAITI.

Saint-Domingue was the name French colonists gave it to the Caribbean island of Hispaniola they invaded, once they settle there in 1659. Its original name was "Haiti".

French rule started to weaken when over 100,000 slaves and black people revolted against their tyrannical rule in 1789. The so-called Haitian Revolution lasted long 15 years, but the Haitians were the victorious ones: they defeated Napoleon Bonaparte's army and abolished slavery, becoming the only nation in the world established as a result of a slave revolt.

The sovereign state of Haiti was established on 1 January 1804, and its actual name was restored.