 A desire for freedom and the dream of successful rebellion are often the greatest objects of song, art, and culture amongst the enslaved population.Many of the events, however, are often violently opposed and suppressed by slaveholders.The most successful slave rebellion in history was the 18th-century Haitian Revolution, led by Toussaint Louverture and later Jean-Jacques Dessalines who won the war against their French colonial rulers, which founded the country formerly known as Saint Domingue.