Haitian Revolution: The Battle of Cap-Français ends with French Republican troops and black slave insurgents capturing the city.
Haitian Revolution
The Haitian Revolution was a successful insurrection by rebellious self-liberated enslaved Africans against French colonial rule in Saint-Domingue, now the sovereign state of Haiti. The revolution was the only known slave rebellion in human history that led to the founding of a state which was both free from slavery and ruled by non-whites and former captives.
Battle of Cap-Français (1793)
The Battle of Cap-Français took place from 20 to 22 June 1793 during the Haitian Revolution. It was originally a conflict between commissioners sent by the French Republican government, who were supported by rebellious slaves and free people of color, against the colony's elite and white royalist slave owners, who sparked an uprising against the commissioners in the city, led to a military conflict between whites and coloreds within the city, to eventually lead to an attack by slaves throughout the city.
June 22
June 22 is the 173rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 192 days remain until the end of the year.