What role did the spread of Enlightenment ideas play in inspiring the Haitian Revolution and its eventual success in establishing the world's first black republic?
It led to the immediate abolition of slavery by the French National Assembly
It encouraged the French colonists to voluntarily relinquish control of Saint-Domingue
It provided ideological justification for equality and self-governance
It prompted European powers to support Haitian independence militarily
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Kris Clancy
Often lumped together with the Reformation, this review will look at how the Italian Renaissance spread, and differed, from the nations of Northern Europe, answering the question: Why Italy first? And, why Northern Europe becomes dominant?