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The slave revolt in Haiti
The French Revolution proved a setback for the abolition movement as the British government cracked down on any form of radicalism. However, when news of the revolution spread to the French colony of Saint-Domingue, known today as Haiti, slaves revolted violently, burning plantations to the ground and executing any Frenchman they found.
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