Episode 4 of 4
White militia retaliation, September 1791
- When
- September 1791
- Where
- Saint-Domingue
Surviving whites organized into militias and struck back, killing about 15,000 blacks.
In September 1791, the surviving whites organized into militias and struck back, killing about 15,000 blacks. By 1792, slave rebels controlled a third of Saint-Domingue, showing that the retaliation did not suppress the insurrection.
Sources
- Haitian Revolution Wikipedia
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