Cotton

Gold

Slaves

Sugar

90%

80%

70%

60%

enlisted slaves in the French army in exchange for their freedom.

granted land to all Petit Blancs who contributed to the war effort.

issued an official decree freeing all the slaves in the colony.

troops retreated and granted independence to Saint-Domingue (Haiti).

The Petit Blancs seized the city of Port-au-Prince.

Some slaves heard a rumor the King of France had granted their freedom.

The Grand Blancs had revoked freedom from the Wealthy People of Color.

Napoleon had come to power and wanted to increase slavery in the colony.

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