THE HAITIAN REVOLUTION and why it is important to you in 5 minutes

Did you know that the modern United States was formed in large part from a rebellion on a Caribbean island? Today, we look at the Haitian Revolution and what it has contributed to the modern world.

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Thomas O. Ott, The Haitian Revolution 1789-1804 (Knoxville, Tennessee: University of Tennessee, 1973), p.48.

Bryan, Patrick E. The Haitian Revolution and Its Effects. Heinemann, 1984, p.23.

Claudia E. Sutherland, `Haitian Revolution 1791-1804`, BlackPast.org, 2015,

Davis, David Brion. "Impact of the French and Haitian Revolutions." The Impact of the Haitian Revolution in the Atlantic World. Ed. David P. Geggus. (Columbia, South Carolina: University of South Carolina Press 2001).

"Primary Documents of American History: Louisiana Purchase". Web Guides. Library of Congress. March 29, 2011.

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