André Rigaud (1761-1811) was the leading mulatto military leader during the Haitian Revolution. Among his protégés were Alexandre Pétion and Jean-Pierre Boyer, both future presidents of Haiti. 1761 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1811 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Before the Revolution broke out, in modern day Haiti, in 1789 there were (at least) four distinct “types” of people living in Saint-Domingue: the whites, the black slaves, the maroons, and the free people of color- or gens de couleur libres. ... The Haitian Revolution was the first successful slave rebellion in the Western Hemisphere and established Haiti as a free, black republic, the first of its kind. ... Alexandre Sabès Pétion (April 2, 1770 - March 29, 1818) was President of the southern Republic of Haiti from 1806 until his death. ... Jean Pierre Boyer (possibly February 15, 1776 - June 9, 1850) was president of Haiti from 1822 until 1843. ... This page lists presidents and other heads of state of Haiti. ...

Something of a successor to Vincent Ogé and Julien Raimond as champion of the interests of free mulattoes in Saint-Domingue (as colonial Haiti was known), Rigaud aligned himself with revolutionary France and with an interpretation of the Rights of Man that ensured the civil equality of all free people, white and non-white. His army established itself during the mid-1790s as a leading force in the West and South. Unlike many other free people in Saint-Domingue, Rigaud did not oppose the French abolition of slavery in 1794. While a leader in the South and West, Rigaud had a common respect for Toussaint Louverture, the leading general of the former slaves of the North. However, he was "bribed" by France and turned against Touissant, something he would later regret. In June 1797, the "War of the Knives" (Guerres des couteaux) broke out between Rigaud and Touissant. Rigaud was exiled to France in 1800. Julien Raimond (1744-1801) was an indigo planter in Saint-Domingue (now Haiti). ... Saint-Domingue was a French colony from 1697 to 1804 that is today the independent nation of Haiti. ... The period of the French Revolution in the history of France covers the years between 1789 and 1799, in which democrats and republicans overthrew the absolute monarchy and the Roman Catholic Church was forced to undergo radical restructuring. ... The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen, (French: La Déclaration des Droits de lHomme et du citoyen), was one of the fundamental documents of the French Revolution, defining a set of individual rights (and collective rights of the people vis a vis the state). ... Events and Trends French Revolution ( 1789 - 1799). ... Ouest (English: West) is one of the nine departments of Haiti. ... Categories: Stub | Departments of Haiti ... 1794 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... François-Dominique Toussaint LOuverture (1743 - April 7, 1803) was one of the leaders of the Haitian slave revolt of 1791 and a major figure in the struggles that followed. ... June is the sixth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of four with the length of 30 days. ... 1797 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1800 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...

He returned to Saint-Domingue in 1802 with the expedition of Charles Leclerc, Napoleon's brother-in-law, who sought to unseat Toussaint and return Saint-Domingue to more direct French control. (The expedition also had the aim of restoring slavery, although this was not known to many of its participants.) Rigaud was sent back to France after the failure of the expedition, and for a time was held a prisoner in the same fortress as his rival Toussaint, the Fort-de-Joux. When he boarded the ship that was to bring him back to France after his arrest, in an act of rebellion, he took his sword and threw it overboard. 1802 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Charles Victor Emmanuel Leclerc (Pontoise Val-dOise, France 1772_Saint Domingue, November 1, 1802) was a French general and a companion of Napoleon I of France. ... Bonaparte as general Napoleon Bonaparte ( 15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821) was a general of the French Revolution and was the ruler of France as First Consul (Premier Consul) of the French Republic from November 11, 1799 to May 18, 1804, then as Emperor of the French (Empereur des Français... Fort-de-Joux is located at Jura, France commands the mountain pass cluse de Pontarlier(1,2). ...

Rigaud returned to Haiti yet a third time in December 1810, establishing himself as "President of the Department of the South" in opposition to both Pétion and Henri Christophe. Shortly after his death the following year, the South returned to Pétion's fold. December is the twelfth and last month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... 1810 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Henri Christophe (October 6, 1767 - October 8, 1820) was a liberated slave, who participated in the Haitian struggle for independence, eventually appointing himself king of the northern half of the country. ...