3665791 Haitian revolution 1791.; (add.info.: Haitian revolution 1791. Inspired by the French Revolution of 1789 and principles of the rights of man, free people of colour and slaves in Saint-Domingue and the French West Indies pressed for freedom and more civil rights. Most important was the revolution of the slaves in Saint-Domingue, starting in the northern plains in 1791, where Africans greatly outnumbered the whites..); Universal History Archive/UIG.