The slaves of HAITI were the first to rebel against FRENCH rule and become an independent nation.
French settled in Haiti in 1659 and became one of the wealthiest colonies producing sugar and coffee mainly, but it was all at the expense of the working force: the Haitian slaves.
Haitians lived in very poor conditions and were treated harshly, as a result over 100,000 slaves and black people revolted against their tyrannical rule in 1789 and the French rule started to weaken. The so-called Haitian Revolution lasted long 15 years, but the Haitians were the victorious ones: they defeated Napoleon Bonaparte's army and abolished slavery, becoming the only nation in the world established as a result of a slave revolt and the first Latin American country to rebel against France rule.
