Indigenous Army

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Indigenous Army
Flag of the Indigenous Army (1803–1804)
Active	1803 – 1804
Country	Haiti
Allegiance	Saint-Domingue (1791–1803) Haiti (1804–1915)
Type	Land forces
Size	Approximately 160,000 (including volunteers)
Motto(s)	Liberté ou la Mort
Colors	Le Bicolore
March	Grenadiers a l'assaut!
Engagements	Saint-Domingue expedition Battle of Ravine-à-Couleuvres Battle of Crête-à-Pierrot 2nd Siege of Port-au-Prince (1803) Blockade of Saint-Domingue Action of 28 June 1803 (Môle-Saint-Nicolas) Battle of Vertières
Commanders
Commander-in-chief	Toussaint Louverture (1791-1802) Jean-Jacques Dessalines (1803–06)
Notable commanders	Alexandre Pétion Henri Christophe François Capois Étienne Élie Gerin Magloire Ambroise Jacques Maurepas Sanité Belair Augustin Clerveaux

The Indigenous Army (French: Armée Indigène; Haitian Creole: Lame Endijèn), also known as the Army of Saint-Domingue (French: Armée de Saint-Domingue) was the name bestowed to the coalition of anti-slavery men and women who fought in the Haitian Revolution in Saint-Domingue (now Haiti). Encompassing both black slaves, maroons, and affranchis (black and mulatto freedmen alike),^[1] the rebels were not officially titled the Armée indigène until January 1803, under the leadership of then-general Jean-Jacques Dessalines.^[2] Predated by insurrectionists such as François Mackandal, Vincent Ogé and Dutty Boukman, Toussaint Louverture, succeeded by Dessalines, led, organized, and consolidated the rebellion. The now full-fledged fighting force utilized its manpower advantage and strategic capacity to overwhelm French troops, ensuring the Haitian Revolution was the most successful of its kind.