Evaluate whether the Haitian Revolution was caused mainly by the spread of Enlightenment ideas or by the conditions of enslavement.
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The Haitian Revolution was caused mainly by the brutal conditions of enslavement, which gave enslaved people every reason to revolt, but Enlightenment and French revolutionary ideas shaped when it began and how its leaders justified and expanded it.
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Boukman spoke as a Vodou priest to rebels planning an uprising, so his purpose of uniting enslaved people for revolt explains why his sermon appeals to religion and the suffering of slavery rather than to French revolutionary principles.
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Distinguish the motives of different groups (enslaved rebels, free people of color, white planters), or show how leaders like Toussaint used Enlightenment language strategically to win French support.
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