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Today in 1791, enslaved people in Haiti launched a rebellion against European colonizers โ€” sparking global revolts that collapsed the slave trade.

Haiti became the world's first Black-led republic and the first country founded by former enslaved people.
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Haiti was the second country in the Americas to gain independence, after the U.S.

But the U.S. did not recognize Haiti for decades. Rather, it sent aid to French colonizers to suppress the rebellion by enslaved people, over fears it could spark similar revolts in the U.S. Image
The French enslaved some 770,000 African men, women and children in Haiti โ€” double the number of enslaved people sent to North America.

Deaths were so high on plantations, the enslaved population was fully replaced about every 20 years.

It was Europe's most "profitable" colony. Image
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