1804: The revolutionary struggle in Saint-Domingue culminated in the successful liberation of the enslaved population and the establishment of the New World’…

1804: The revolutionary struggle in Saint-Domingue culminated in the successful liberation of the enslaved population and the establishment of the New World’s second independent nation. This achievement was the result of a massive rebellion that had overcome thousands of metropolitan troops and years of colonial opposition. The success of the black rebels proved that the volatile ideas of the Age of Revolution could not be contained by imperial authorities. News of this victory spread uncontrollably throughout the hemisphere, influencing slave societies across the British, Spanish, and North American territories.