section_path: Independence movements/Haitian Revolution
section_name: Haitian Revolution
paragraph_text: Haitian Revolution
  
  The Haitian Revolution was a revolt in 1789 and subsequent slave uprising in 1791 in the French colony of Saint-Domingue, on the Caribbean island of Hispaniola. In 1804, Haiti secured independence from France as the Empire of Haiti, which later became a republic.