In the 1790s Toussaint L'Ouverture led a slave revolt that led to this Caribbean nation's independence
It was certainly a turning point in that Toussaint L'Ouverture's army and ... 
On January 1, 1804, de jure independence was proclaimed by Dessalines and 
the... [DOC] [TLE] The Haitian Revolution The Haitian Revolution was a social and ... [PAR] their country's independence under the original Arawak name of Haiti.