Compare and contrast the leaders of the Haitian Revolution with the leaders of the South American revolutions. How were the leaders both similar and different?

The Haitian revolution was ignited due to social tensions between French settlers and Gens de couleur (free people of color), as well as slaves. These social tensions engendered slave revolts and eventually, slaves overthrew the French settlers with the assistance of Toussaint Louverture a former slave and effective military leader. The slaves in Saint-Domingue were able to declare independence on January 1,1804. The Latin American revolution was caused due to Creoles (Euro-American) wanting to be independent from colonial officials from Spain and Portugal. Simon Bolivar was a leader of the Latin American revolution and used the Virgin of Guadalupe to rally people to join against ruling elites in Mexico.