Haiti

State · 1792–1802 CE · at its largest around 1792 CE

The French colony of Saint-Domingue in revolution, where a massive slave uprising led by figures such as Toussaint Louverture paved the way to independence in 1804.

On its lands while it lasted

• Toussaint Louverture (c. 1743 CE – 1803 CE): Formerly enslaved general who led the Haitian Revolution and governed Saint-Domingue; he was seized by the French and died in prison in France.
• Haitian Revolution (1791–1804 CE): Uprising of enslaved people in the French colony of Saint-Domingue that abolished slavery and created Haiti, the first state founded by formerly enslaved people.

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