So the French government sent troops to Saint-Domingue.

于是法国政府出兵圣多明各。

So, the Spanish had consistently supported slave revolts in Saint-Domingue hoping to weaken the French.

因此，西班牙人一直支持圣多明各的奴隶起义，希望以此削弱法国人。

But emancipation didn’t end the story because the French were still at war with the Spanish and the English in Saint-Domingue.

但解放并没有结束故事，因为法国人仍在圣多明各与西班牙人和英国人交战。

So, the French colony in Saint-Domingue began in the 17th century as a pirate outpost.

因此，圣多明克的法国殖民地始于 17 世纪，当时是海盗前哨基地。

Colonial society in Saint-Domingue was divided into four groups, which had important consequences for the revolution.

圣多明各的殖民社会分为四个群体，这对革命产生了重要影响。

I mean, these radical petit blancs thought that they were the oppressed people in Saint-Domingue because they couldn’t afford to own slaves.

我的意思是，这些激进的小白人认为他们是圣多明克的受压迫人民， 因为他们负担不起拥有奴隶的费用。

So then, in October of 1793 the British, whom as I’m sure you’ll recall were also at war with France, decided to invade Saint-Domingue.

于是，在 1793 年 10 月，英国人决定入侵圣多明克， 我相信你们还记得他们也曾与法国交战。

In fact, by the late 18th century, more slaves were imported to Saint-Domingue EVERY YEAR— more than 40,000— than the entire white population of the island.

事实上，到 18 世纪末，每年进口到圣多明克的奴隶数量超过 40, 000 人， 比岛上的全部白人人口还要多。

That’s certainly what the former slaves thought was the plan when in 1802, a French expedition commanded by Napoleon’s brother in-law Charles-Victor-Emmanuel " I-Have-Too-Many-Names" Leclerc showed up in Saint-Domingue.

1802 年，拿破仑的妹夫查尔斯-维克多-伊曼纽尔“我有太多名字” 勒克莱尔指挥的法国探险队出现在圣多明克时， 这肯定是前奴隶们认为的计划。

Napoleon had plans to reconstruct France’s empire in North America that it had lost most of in the 7 Years’ War, and to do this he needed tons of money from France’s most valuable colony, Saint-Domingue.

拿破仑计划重建法国在北美的帝国， 它在七年战争中失去了大部分，为此他需要从法国最有价值的殖民地圣多明克获得大量资金。

L’Ouverture then passed a new constitution, and things were going pretty well on Saint-Domingue with the small problem that it was still technically part of France, which meant that it was about to be ruled by Napoleon Bonaparte.

L'Ouverture 随后通过了一部新宪法，圣多明克的事情进展顺利， 但小问题是它在技术上仍然是法国的一部分， 这意味着它即将由拿破仑波拿巴统治。

On January 1, 1804, Dessalines who had defeated the French, declared the island of Saint-Domingue independent and re-named it Haiti, which is what the island had been called by the native inhabitants before the arrival of Columbus.

1804年1月1日，击败法国人的德萨林宣布圣多明各岛独立，并改名为海地，这是哥伦布到来之前当地居民对海地的称呼。