For the slaves in Saint-Domingue, the most important result of the Haitian Revolution was becoming free citizens due to the slave uprising and the ideas and consequences of the French Revolution. Before the revolution took place, slaves had little to no rights. They were considered property, they had to work everyday, and their living conditions were horrible, causing the majority of them to die young. These inequalities fed a will to be free in the enslaved residents of Haiti. The majority of Haitian slaves having come from a background of freedom amplified the urge to revolt. At the time that the revolution began, the upper classes were in complete disorder. The ideas of the French Revolution had impacted the Gens de Couleur as well as the
