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Think

Describe the treatment

and living conditions of

slaves. What things are

they denied? Can a slave

become free?

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Do Now

Which list of French leaders is in the correct

chronological order?

1) Louis XVI Napoleon Robespierre

2) Robespierre Napoleon Louis XVI

3) Louis XVI

Robespierre

Napoleon

4) Napoleon Robespierre Louis XVI

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I) The French

colony of Saint

Dominique (Haiti)A) France had a colony

called St. Dominique

(Haiti)

B) 927,000 people lived

on the island in 1791

C) 570,000 people were

slaves

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II) Slave revolt

A) 1791, Haiti revolts

against the French

colonys government

***B) Enlightenmentand revolution ideas

reached Haiti by

French and American

tourists

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III) Toussaint

LOuverture

A) Former slave

B) Educated himself using

his masters books on

Julius Caesar and

Alexander the Great

C) Created an army full of

slaves

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III) Toussaint

LOuverture

D) 1798 Slaves are

freed.

E) 1804 Haiti gained

their independence

thanks to Toussaints

leadership