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I've been on this board for a while, and I've noticed that there is very little about the Haitian revolution, which freed the slaves of Haiti. Most of you know that Toussant L'Ouverture was the main general who led the black slave armies, and then gained independance for Haiti.

During the year Toussaint was captured, he had control of virtually the entire island, consisting of both modern-day Haiti and the Dominican Republic. The French in 1802, under General Leclerc, tried to retake the island, and Toussant was forced to sign a treaty with the French, provided that they would not re-instate slavery to the island. However, three weeks later, Toussaint was captured and then sent to France, where he died in captivity.

Yet what if the French had decided not to capture Toussaint? Would Saint Dominque have remained a French colony for the foreseeable future, or would there have been another uprising leading to the independance of Haiti, just like OTL? And if Toussaint had become the leader of an independant Haiti, would it have developed into a stable republic unlike the destitute condition it is now in?
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