What Events Led to the Slave Rebellion of Saint-Domingue (Haiti)

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Essay

What events led to the slave rebellion of Saint-Domingue (Haiti)? Why was this rebellion successful when so many other slave revolts failed?

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Definitions:

Dizygotic Twins

Also known as fraternal twins, are two offspring born from the same pregnancy but fertilized by two different eggs and thus genetically distinct.

Monozygotic Twins

Identical twins originating from a single fertilized egg, resulting in genetically identical individuals.

Genes

Units of DNA that are responsible for determining the characteristics and traits that are inherited from parents to offspring.

Chromosome

A structure within the cell nucleus made up of DNA and proteins that contains the genetic material of an organism.