The French Revolution would not have ended slavery without the Haitian revolt

Evidence

After two years, all attempts to end the slave trade and slavery in the National Assembly had failed. Had it not been for the revolt that soon erupted in Saint-Domingue, the French Revolution would probably have run its course, like the American Revolution, without destroying the massive violation of human rights at the heart of the nation’s existence. — Dubois, Laurent, Avengers of the New World_ The Story of…, 304

Categorization

• XREF: Contrasts with the American Revolution and supports the reader’s goal of tracing what made the Haitian arc unique.