Haitian Revolution (1791-1804)

The Haitian Revolution was the only successful slave revolt in history, creating the first Black republic in the world in 1804. It directly inspired abolitionist movements in Europe and America, terrified slaveholding societies across the Americas, and demonstrated that enslaved people were willing and able to govern themselves — a fact the slaveholding United States found deeply threatening and responded to with 150 years of economic isolation of Haiti.