The French connection is deep world wide,..from Tahiti in the So. Pacific to Haiti in the Caribbean to Mexico......cinco de Mayo........the Mexican celebration of a victory over France...........Francophone countries..........Algeria....where Zidane Zidane (sp?), one of the greatest soccer players in the modern age is from, and who, along with his fellow Frenchmen pulled of one of the greatest defeats in World Cup history, a stunning 3-0 victory, in Paris........over a loaded Brazilian team..........with a young Ronaldo, i think he was like 19 at the time..in 2002, it was Ronaldo that scored 2 goals in Japan to beat Germany...

Haitian Revolution

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This article is about the 1791–1804 revolution. For the 1986 revolution, see Haitian Revolution of 1986.

Battle at "Snake Gully" in 1802.

Battle of Vertières in 1803.

The Haitian Revolution (1791–1804) was a slave revolt in the French colony of Saint-Domingue, which culminated in the elimination of slavery there and the founding of the Republic of Haiti. The Haitian Revolution was the only slave revolt which led to the founding of a state. Furthermore, it is generally considered the most successful slave rebellion ever to have occurred and as a defining moment in the histories of both Europe and the Americas. The revolt began with a rebellion of black African slaves in April of 1791. It ended in November of 1803 with the French defeat at the Battle of Vertières. Haiti became an independentcountry on January 1, 1804, with Jean-Jacques Dessalines being chosen by a council of generals to assume the office of governor-general. He ordered the 1804 Haiti Massacre of the white Haitian minority, resulting in the deaths of between 3,000 and 5,000 people, between February and April 1804.^[1]

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