Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate

History
School Based
Assessment
2023

Candidate name: Khrys Dyavin Yasin

School: Berbice High school

School code:090006

Candidate number: 0900061022

Territory: Guyana
Context
Topic: Haitian Revolution
How did the Haitian revolution of 1791-1803 affect/effect Haiti and the impact it had on the
wider Caribbean?
The Haitian Revolution had far reached consequences for Haiti and the wider Caribbean.

Rationale
The researcher was Listening to a presentation about Haitian revolution done by one of his peers
and was intrigued about Haitian revolution and how it because known as Haiti today.
The researcher was assigned an assignment which was ‘to present on the causes of Haitian
Revolution’ this made him even more fascinated about the Haitian revolution. And the positive
impact it left on the colored brothers and sister of the Caribbean.
Introduction
For Haiti to gain its independence, it came with a price just like everything else but this one was
bloody. A lot of colored lives loss, political chaos and Economic ruins. But Haiti still pulled
through. All though it had tons of negative lash back, it had positive impact on the colored people
within the Caribbean. Leading them to their independence.

Haiti’s Independence
On November 29, 1803, Dessalines, together with another general named Clerveaux, declared the
independence of St. Domingue. On January 1, 1804, Dessalines, the General-in-Chief, officially
ended all ties with France and renamed the island to "Haiti." The region's name was derived from
the Arawak word for "Land of Mountains." He removed the Tricolor, the French flag's white
color, and replaced it with a new one that had the words "Liberty or Death."

The price of independence came with the price of losing of lives just like every war. As around
10 000 blacks died during the 1791-armed conflict, and another 30,000 died before the end of the
century during the various wars against the British and the colored, between 1791 and 1803 about
200 000 blacks died. This was between a third and a half of the population. The population also
suffered terribly from both the blacks and the whites. After the war.
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