The Definitive Timeline of the Haitian Revolution

February 9, 2025

Summary

The chronology of the revolution is generally divided into four phases:

The struggle of free people of color against racial discrimination (1789–1792)
The armed insurrection of the enslaved Africans that led to the abolition of slavery (1791–1793)
The reorganization of the colony after emancipation under the leadership General Toussaint Louverture (1794–1801)
And the war of independence leading to the foundation of the State of Haiti (1802-1805)

Phase 1 (1789-1792)
The Struggle of the Gens de Couleur

Phase 2 (1791-1793)
Rise of the African Insurrectionists

Phase 3 (1794- 1801)
Reorganization of the Colony

Phase 4 (1802-1805)
The Foundation of the State of Haiti