Did The Haitian Revolution Inspire America's Largest Uprising?

Charles Pickney, <a href="https://scdah.sc.gov/sites/scdah/files/Documents/Historic%20Preservation%20(SHPO)/Research/CHPI_HRS.pdf" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">a wealthy enslaver</a> who served as the governor of South Carolina during the Haitian Revolution, wrote a letter to then-president George Washington, confessing his anxiety about the possibility of rebellion spreading from the Caribbean to the mainland. "I am <a href="https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/05-08-02-0379" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">afraid</a> if" the revolution "is not checked in time, it is a flame which will extend to all the neighboring islands and may eventually prove not a very pleasing or agreeable example to the Southern States." What Pickney and other enslavers feared most was that enslaved Black people on Southern plantations would learn of the success of the Haitian Revolution, which could spark a fire powerful enough to burn the system to the ground and leave what remains in ashes at their feet. <a href="https://allyfromnola.medium.com/did-the-haitian-revolution-inspire-americas-largest-uprising-1e6e4eaf72ff">Visit Now</a>