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The 87 pages that link to Haitian Revolution, each with the reason it gives.

• Atlantic revolutionsRelated: It joined anticolonial independence to the destruction of slavery, transforming the meaning of revolution.

• Battle of VertièresNarrower topic: Vertières was the revolution’s decisive final battle against French forces.

• Haitian Declaration of IndependenceNarrower topic: The revolution’s military victory made the declaration possible.

• Haitian occupation of Santo DomingoNarrower topic: Its abolitionist legacy and island-wide political vision shaped the rationale for unification.

• National liberation movementBroader topic: It established an early, consequential precedent for anticolonial independence led by the colonized.

• Spanish American independenceRelated: It demonstrated both the possibility of colonial independence and the threat elites associated with slave revolt.

• War of KnivesNarrower topic: The civil war was an internal struggle within this wider revolution.

• André RigaudNarrower topic: Rigaud’s military career unfolded within this revolution and its competing factions.

• Creole peoplesBroader topic: Its leaders transformed an enslaved plantation society into an independent state.

• François DuvalierNarrower topic: Duvalier’s political language drew on Haiti’s history of Black sovereignty and resistance.

• Jean-Bertrand AristideNarrower topic: Its legacy of sovereignty and inequality shaped the political landscape Aristide inherited.

• National liberationRelated: Its success joined anticolonial independence to the emancipation of enslaved people.

• Jean-Claude DuvalierNarrower topic: The revolution’s legacy of independence and sovereignty shaped the nationalism invoked by the Duvalier regime.

• Jean-Pierre BoyerNarrower topic: The revolution created the state and military traditions Boyer inherited.

• Juan Pablo DuarteRelated: Its creation of Haiti preceded the island’s unification under Haitian rule.

• Port-au-PrinceRelated: The revolution transformed the political order in which Port-au-Prince became Haiti’s capital.

• 18th centuryBroader topic: Its beginnings in 1791 extended revolutionary politics into an antislavery struggle.

• Decolonization of the AmericasBroader topic: It overthrew slavery and colonial rule in the Americas through a revolution led by enslaved people.

• History of FranceRelated: It challenged French colonial rule and the universal claims of revolutionary ideals.

• History of the CaribbeanBroader topic: It overturned the region's most profitable slave colony and inspired resistance elsewhere.

• Servile WarsCompared with: It offers a later comparison: an enslaved population’s revolt that achieved lasting political independence.

• The Kingdom of This WorldRelated: Its upheavals and aftermath provide the novel’s historical framework.

• Fabre GeffrardNarrower topic: Its legacy shaped the state and international pressures Geffrard inherited.

• Faustin SoulouqueNarrower topic: The revolution established the independent state whose political traditions shaped Soulouque’s rule.

• History of slaveryRelated: It established the first independent state born from a successful revolt against slavery.

• History of the AmericasBroader topic: It overturned plantation slavery and became the first successful anticolonial revolution in Latin America and the Caribbean.

• Late modern periodBroader topic: It connected revolutionary claims to freedom with the overthrow of slavery and colonial rule.

• LwaRelated: The revolution’s upheaval and communities helped shape the history and public memory of Vodou.

• 19th centuryBroader topic: Its aftermath challenged accounts centered on European revolutions and later abolition.

• Cap-HaïtienRelated: The revolution transformed Cap-Français and made the city a center of political upheaval.

• Catherine FlonNarrower topic: The flag associated with Flon emerged during this revolution’s final campaign.

• Dutty BoukmanNarrower topic: Boukman's uprising opened the revolution's first phase.

• Élie LescotNarrower topic: Its legacy of sovereignty and racial equality shaped the political language used against Lescot.

• French AmericaRelated: It destroyed France’s richest American colony and created the first independent Black republic.

• History of colonialismBroader topic: It was the only successful revolution by enslaved people to establish an independent state.

• History of HaitiBroader topic: The revolution turned colonial revolt into Haiti’s independence.

• Port-de-PaixRelated: The city’s modern national setting emerged from this revolution.