Many people mention Toussaint Louverture as the main success of the Haitian revolution, but some Haitains told me it was Jean-Jacques Dessalines that did even more...........

Haitian Revolution
Part of the French Revolutionary Wars and theAtlantic Revolutions
Battle at San Domingo, a painting by January Suchodolskidepicting a struggle between Polish troops in French service and the Haitian rebels
Date 21 April 1791 – 1 January 1804 Location Saint-Domingue Result Haitian victory Territorial changes Expulsion of the French colonial government. Establishment of the independent Empire of Haiti.
Belligerents
Saint-Domingue ex-slaves  Great Britain (until 1800)  United Kingdom(1801-1804)  Spain(1793–1795)  French royalists	Saint-Domingueslave owners  Kingdom of France(until 1792)  French Republic(from 1792)  Polish Legions
Commanders and leaders
Toussaint Louverture  Jean-Jacques Dessalines  Henri Christophe  Alexandre Pétion  François Capois  John Loring	Napoleon Bonaparte  Charles Leclerc †  Vicomte de Rochambeau
Strength
Regular army: 55,000, Volunteers: 100,000+	Regular army: 60,000, 86 warships and frigates
Casualties and losses
Military deaths: unknown Civilian deaths: 100,000[citation needed]	Military deaths: 57,000 combat deaths 30,000 yellow fever deaths Civilian deaths: ~25,000

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