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=**Key Events**=

~The night of the rebellion became known as The Night of the Fire ~Haiti was a French colony called St. Dominque ~Slaves were captured from villages and brought to work in fields ~The revolution started on August 1791 ~The revolution marked the thirteen year old struggle to create Haiti, the first black republic and independent state in Latin America ~The slaves rebelled ~St. Domingue wast the richest colony in the Caribbean before the revolution ~The official name of Haiti is the 'Republic of Haiti' ~The capital of Haiti is Port-Au-Prince ~Haiti gained independence from France on 1st January 1804, when it was declared a Republic.

=**Facts**=

//~//Hispaniola was visited Christopher Columbus, in the service of Spain, in 1494. ~Haiti was the first post-colonial independent black-led nation in the world ~Port-au-Prince is the largest city in Haiti, in terms of population. ~Haiti is the only nation in the world whose independence was gained as part of a successful slave rebellion. ~The official languages of Haiti include French and Haitian Creole ~The term 'Haiti' is derived from 'Ayti', a Taino word that means 'mountainous land'. ~Haiti follows the system of 'Presidential Republic ~Haiti was the first post-colonial independent black-led nation in the world ~The official languages of Haiti include French and Haitian Creole ~Haiti shares the island of Hispaniola with the Dominican Republic ~Hispaniola, along with Cuba, Jamaica and Puerto Rico, is a part of an island chain known as the Greater Antilles ~Toussaint's first service in the slave revolt was a doctor