The appalling treatment the slaves had suffered on the sugar plantations sparked a 13-year-long civil war that finally led to the formation of the independent nation of Haiti in 1804.
Ukuhlukuluzwa kwezigqili lezi ezazisebenza lapho okulinywa khona imfe kwabangela impi eyathatha iminyaka engu-13 eyaphela ngo-1804 lapho iHaiti ithola uzibuse.