During the Haitian Revolution of 1791-1804, arguably the most radical Revolution of the modern world, slaves and former slaves succeeded in ending slavery and establishing an independent state.
When Cuban planters and authorities saw the devastation of the neighboring colony, they rushed to fill the void left in the world market for sugar, to buttress th.
Yet on the Spanish island of Cuba barely fifty miles distant, the events in Haiti helped usher in the antithesis of revolutionary emancipation.
During the Haitian Revolution of 1791-1804, arguably the most radical Revolution of the modern world, slaves and former slaves succeeded in ending slavery and establishing an independent state