Feature History - Haitian Revolution (Part 1)

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Hello and welcome to Feature History, featuring Haiti at last!
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I did the writing, art, narration and animation. Yes I'm bad at delegating.
Intro Music by Ross Bugden

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Boy is it a lot of work removing white supremacist comments!
Anyways - time for CORRECTIONS/DISCLAIMERS:
2:01 - Wrong borders! While similar to the borders of the time - it is in fact the modern borders of the state of Haiti and the Dominican Republic
1:23 - While these names have indeed been used to describe the whole island they're not very accurate terms to use - especially today.

FeatureHistory

Fun fact: Haiti was the first country to recognise the state of the revolutionary Greeks in 1827.

j.raskou

I really love your art. The bound hands turning into a flag and then that turning into the flag of a ship was great

cvetomirgeorgiev

Hello from someone who was born and raised in Haiti, I appreciate you doing videos on the Haitian Revolution. It is not talked about enough. The Haitian Revolution is complex and it is nearly impossible to give it a shot, even when focusing from the arrival of the Europeans to the rule of the whole island by Toussaint Louverture, in 12 minutes. I believe you did a good job overall but there are couple points that could be emphasized on.

Three revolutions in one: Yes, the Haitian Revolution was inspired by the French Revolution, which at its turns was inspired by the American Revolution. But it is important to realize that all 3 main classes on the island (Whites, Affranchis, Enslaved People), were fighting for something. Among the White class existed the people that were loyal to France and those who wanted an independent Saint-Domingue ruled by the Whites in which slavery would still be maintained. The White plantation owners who were for separation from France called themselves "Pompons Rouges", they were for a lot more representations, less taxations and the ability to trade with any countries and at the price they deem fit best (Lot of connections with the American Revolution). The Loyalists called themselves "Pompons Blancs", and they were for the structure of the French Monopoly to be kept in place. As you mentioned, the Affranchis were for Equal Rights to the Whites as suggested in the Code Noir, the last one was a set of laws regarding the French colonies in the Caribbean at the time. Lastly, you had the Enslaved People fighting for their freedom.

Lastly, Sonthonax did not abolish slavery in all French colonies out of courtesy, it was due to direct pressure from Toussaint Louverture. When all rebels were fighting for freedom for their own clan, Toussaint demanded that slavery to be abolished in all French colonies.

jevahjirefrance

Poland x Haiti really was one of the best lowkey link-ups in history ngl

jacksonkarwoski

Interesting choice of topics! Can't wait to hear about Polish soldiers stepping in.

galahad-history

As an honorary Haitian I'm glad to see this topic covered more. Especially what happened directly *after* the revolution. Very relevant in modern day, especially in Haiti

Sklzky

For those interested, I recommend Georges by Alexandre Dumas, who was himself mixed race. It is about a 'mullato' who attempts to lead a slave revolt in Mauritius, get revenge on white colonialists, and marry a white woman. His father is a slave owner and his brother is a pirate slave trader. It's gives a very interesting insight into what living on plantation colonies is like and also insight into what Dumas' own views might have been (or what he may have felt able to write).

jrenskew

Omg. I’m a Haitian subscriber and I somehow missed this video! YouTube never sent me notification!! Thank you so much for this and informing how Haiti helped tear down slavery and colonialism

VolcyThoughts

I wrote my thesis on the Haitian Revolution! I wrote about how the Haitian Revolution and the Aponte Rebellion, a failed slave rebellion in Cuba a few years later, both were fighting for the same goals and went about it differently.

hannahrozenberg

AYYY! It's so good to have you back once more! The Haitian Revolution is such an interesting but messy conflict. Glad you made a vid on it (Now please do the Second Boer War like you said you might :)

chicagotypewriter

Thank you for covering this. Little known and never talked about situation. This is why I subscribe!

TheProtagonistDies

Amazing and entertaining content as always. Looking forward to the next one.

grenishsinxRgold

Literally one of my favorite points in history. Toussaint Louverture was really remarkable imo. If you would have put him in any other civilization or time of distress in history he still would’ve went out a hero to the people.

mnotrrogant