Collection of facts about the Haitian Revolution

This post is a collection of facts about the Haitian Revolution (1791-1804). There are 16 facts listed below. Source: Wikipedia

• Successful slave rebellion
• Began August 21st, 1791 when Haitian slaves started to kill their French masters
• Sugar, coffee and indigo plantations destroyed
• National Assembly of France granted civil rights to free people of color (1792)
• France declared war on Britain (1793)
• Spain controlled the rest of Hispaniola and sided with Britain
• Spain and Britain provided supplies to the rebels
• France abolished slavery in Haiti (1793)
• Toussaint Louverture initially aligned with Spain but sided with France in 1794
• British forces left Haiti in 1798
• Louverture became governor-for-life of Haiti in 1801
• France returned in 1802 and took control of Haiti
• Louverture captured in 1802 and died a few months later in France
• British blockade of Saint-Domingue against France in 1803
• Haiti gained independence in 1804
• 200,000 Haitians dead, 100,000 British dead or wounded, 75,000 French dead