How many died in the Haitian Revolution?
Haitian Revolution
By 1792, slave rebels controlled a third of the island.[63] The success of the slave rebellion caused the newly elected Legislative Assembly in France to realize it was facing an ominous situation. To protect France's economic interests, the Assembly granted civil and political rights to free men of color in the colonies  in March 1792.[60] Countries throughout Europe as well as the United States were shocked by the decision, but the Assembly was determined to stop the revolt. Apart from granting rights to the free people of color, the Assembly dispatched 6,000 French soldiers to the island.[64] The new governor sent by Paris, Léger-Félicité Sonthonax, was a supporter of the French Revolution. He abolished  slavery in the Northern Province of Saint Domingue and had hostile relations with the planters, whom he saw as royalists.[65]