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Inspired in part by our Founding Fathers’ success in winning independence and a desire to free themselves from the yoke of slavery and French rule, Saint Dominique’s slaves revolted in 1791. Led by Toussaint Louverture, himself an ex-slave, this was the largest slave uprising since Spartacus fought Rome around 103 B.C.E. Not only did Louverture want an end to slavery, but he wanted independence from France.