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1791-Aug.-22 (14/8 Fick): Massive slave insurrection begins in the North.

1791-Aug.-22 (14/8 Fick): Massive slave insurrection begins in the North. Thousands of enslaved people rose up to destroy the plantations and claim their freedom through fire and force. Significance: The largest slave revolt in Atlantic history begins, permanently destabilizing colonial rule. Nuance: Fick emphasizes that rebels targeted plantation production and symbols of domination. Their goal was not immediate national independence but the destruction of slavery and plantation control.

Source Fick, The Making of Haiti, 102; Bell, Toussaint Louverture: A Biography, 36; Geggus, Haitian Revolutionary Studies, 12; Nicholls, From Dessalines to Duvalier, 28; Fick, The Making of Haiti pp, 96-105