The cause of the Haitian Revolution was the cruelty of slavery and the desire for blacks to be treated equal. The French Revolution also inspired Haitians that were enslaved to rise up and rebel against the white system of slavery. The Haitian Revolution is similar to the American Revolution, because both revolutions were influenced by the Enlightenment. The Haitian Revolution differed from the American Revolution, because their goals were different. The Haitians rebelled against the cruelty of slavery and the American Revolution started because the British rule was unfair. The outcome of the Haitian Revolution, was that slavery had ended and the French no longer had control over the colony. This revolution impacted today’s society, because it abolished slavery in Haiti, which impacts the type of system