Though the Haitian Revolution started with slaves attempting to gain their emancipation from French colonial slave owners, post-revolutionary Haitian society reinstituted slavery-like conditions to maintain its economy. Write a 4-5 page paper in which you consider how revolutionary the Haitian Revolution really was. You might want to consider the following questions: What did the Haitian Revolution accomplish? Why did Henri Christophe create such an oppressive labor system after the Revolution ended? What, if any, were the limits of the Haitian Revolution? Make specific references to the novel.
