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The Declaration of the Rights of Men and the Citizen, issued on August 26, 1789, played a significant role in the transformation of the Atlantic World during the end of the 18th century and had a major impact on the slave society in the French colony Saint-Domingue, since 1804 known as Haiti. The free colored people, or gens de coloeur, used the postulation of the declaration to stop the discrimination by the whites in Saint-Domingue. This fight of the free colored lasted for two years until the largest group on the island, nearly half a million slaves, stood up and demanded their rights, which led to a complete chaos on the island. The slave rebellion finally ended with the abolition of slavery and the application of the declaration of rights in Saint-Domingue in 1793. The events in France during the first four years of the revolution and the struggle of the blacks in Saint-Domingue are closely connected. The French Revolution and the The Declaration of the Rights of Men and the Citizen ignited the powder keg in Saint-Domingue, which developed into the Haitian Revolution.

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Cremer, Simon
Simon Cremer was born in 1989 in Prien am Chiemsee (GER). After his school diploma he studied History in Vienna and achieved his Masters Degree in Global History with honors in 2017. His focus was on cultural, political and economic exchanges in the transatlantic World. Additionally, he graduated in Jazz Guitar & Music Education with honors.

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