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How did the Haitian Revolution draw directly from the American
Revolution?

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The Haitian Revolution resulted in the freedom of slaves in Haiti and the independence of Haiti from French colonization. Haiti, then known as Saint Domingue, had been a French colony that used slave labor to produce highly profitable sugar cane. But after a decade of insurrection and revolt, Haiti finally achieved independence in 1804.

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