We look at the life of revolutionary leader Toussaint Louverture, confront the atrocities committed against the people of Haiti and the literal price they were forced to pay for their freedom. [2] Duncan and his wife have two children. Its also highly profitable, so more and more plantations were established, and more and more slaves were imported. [102] Leclerc sent Toussaint letters promising him: "Have no worries about your personal fortune. The revolution was the only slave uprising that led to the founding of a state which was both free from slavery (though not from forced labour)[4] and ruled by non-whites and former captives. This page was last edited on 28 April 2023, at 18:43. When the uprising started, it was basically guerilla warfare. While some white refugees blamed the French Revolutionary government for sparking the violence in Haiti, many supported the Republican regime and openly expressed their support of the Jacobins. [106] By the end of March, 5,000 French soldiers had died of yellow fever and another 5,000 were hospitalized with yellow fever, leading to a worried Leclerc to write in his diary: "The rainy season has arrived. These valedictory moments assess, with poignant but unsparing clarity, both the rulers who ultimately couldn't save the old order and the revolutionary firebrands . He decided to sell Louisiana to the U.S. Next: The Haitian Revolution. But today we proclaim it to the universe, and generations to come will glory in this decree; we are proclaiming universal liberty We are working for future generations; let us launch liberty into the colonies; the English are dead, today.[70]. Revolutions also featured supplemental episodes, excluded from the normal count of episodes, and of varying length (compared to roughly half-hour normal episodes). Tour dates and links: Sept. 6 Madison -- Mystery to Me Sept. 7 Chicago -- Seminary Co-Op Sept. 8 Portland -- Powell's Books Sept. 9 Seattle -- Elliott Bay Book Company Sept. 12 Boulder -- Boulder Book Store Sept. 13 Denver -- Tattered Cover (Aspen Grove) Sept. 14 Dallas -- Interrobang Books Sept. 15 Austin -- Bookpeople Sept. 16 Houston -- Brazos Books Sept. 19 New Orleans -- Garden District Book Shop Sept. 20 Atlanta -- Carter Center w/ A Capella Books Sept. 21 Chapel Hill -- Flyleaf Books Sept. 22 Raleigh -- Quail Ridge Books Sept. 24 Winston-Salem -- Bookmarks Book Festival, The word revolution means coming full circle, so it seems like the best way to begin the end. The masters and mistresses were dragged from their beds to be killed, and the heads of French children were placed on pikes that were carried at the front of the rebel columns. Seasons began with one or two episodes dedicated to the pre-history of the revolution and its causes, sometimes highlighting when and how the revolution could have been avoided. [164] The Enlightenment ideals and the initiation of the French Revolution were enough to inspire the Haitian Revolution, which evolved into the most successful and comprehensive slave rebellion in history. Also if you will cover Francois Mackandal's early uprising in 1750 in Haiti? On January 1, 1804, Haiti declared its independence, and in the proclamation, they used the expression Live free or die, which they had taken from the American revolution. Louverture worked with a French general, tienne Laveaux, to ensure that all slaves would be freed. The most powerful group was the grand blancs, or the Big Whites. These were the plantation owners and the elite. [63] The British historian Sir John Fortescue wrote, "It is probably beneath the mark to say that twelve thousand Englishmen were buried in the West Indies in 1794". This is an episode index for Mike Duncan's fabulous Revolutions Podcast. [7], Duncan's interest in Roman history grew from a "general interest in ancient civilizations." [105] General Dugua was killed, Leclerc was wounded and the French lost about 800 dead. He managed to force the regime to open up," Montas said. [86] Rigaud took control of Jeremie without any cost to his forces, as Maitland withdrew his southern forces to Jamaica. [43] One such sign was the action of the French revolutionary government to grant citizenship to wealthy free people of color in May 1791. [71] The Haitians soon expelled the Spanish from Saint-Domingue. They were hoping to have those freedoms. Much of Caribbean economic development in the 18th century was contingent on Europeans' demand for sugar. ET. Others fled to towns, to blend in with urban slaves and freed blacks who often migrated to those areas for work. Shanna Mills. [39], The African population on the island began to hear of the agitation for independence by the planters, who had resented France's limitations on the island's foreign trade.