Lasting Effects
žIt contributed to the end of French colonial ambitions in the western hemisphere, which led France to sell its vast territory in North America to the United States in the Louisiana Purchase in 1803 (which more than doubled the size of the U.S.).
žRefugees from Haiti settled in Louisiana, helping to establish that area's distinct French Creole culture.
žThe uprising
also inspired fear of similar
revolts in other slave-holding
areas of the Caribbean and
the United States
žSlaveholders in
these areas isolated
Haiti to keep the idea of emancipation
from spreading
