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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