Grant freed a man and made him his business partner, then gifted him the business before the man left to reunite with his family.
The Haitian revolution was not only fueled by politics, but also by Vodou. Dubois, a historian, describes a secret Vodou ceremony held by a group of 200 slaves, which involved making a pact to seek revenge and drinking the blood of a pig as a seal of secrecy.
Enslaved Africans endured brutal journeys from inland to coastal areas, and subsequently across the Atlantic in wooden ships. They were often sold and resold along the way, marched in chains, and subjected to physical, psychological, sexual, and dehydration-related abuse.
When Jefferson was in Paris, he had a girlfriend despite his promise to his dying wife he would never have another woman. However, the first act he proposed as a politician was to abolish slavery in Virginia, where he lived and owned slaves.
In 1893, Frederick Douglass gave a speech in Chicago in celebration of the 90th anniversary of the Haitian revolution and the 30th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation in the United States. Douglass praised Haiti's role in the struggle for universal human liberty and recognized the impact of the abolitionist movement, economics, religion, and slave revolts in ending the institution of slavery worldwide.