A slave revolt in Haiti saved the United States. ... Not a slave himself, Toussiant nonetheless trained and led the half million African slaves on Haiti to victory after victory, over England and France, for more than a decade. In the process, he kept America free from European domination.
Because of Haiti's location, Haiti has the potential to affect the stability of the Caribbean and Latin America and is therefore strategically important to the United States. Historically, the United States viewed Haiti as a counterbalance to Communist Cuba.
