Africans
There was passive resistance- pretend to be deft, pretend to be ill; extended
periods, long time to let babies, committed suicide, killed their babies
(infanticide), refused to work. And there was active resistance which were more
violent. Poisoned their masters, rebellions and revolutions.
In the Amerindians
The Tiano committed suicide, running away and infanticide, refused to work,
starved themselves, burned the food stores, refused Christianity.
The Haitian revolution of 1970s.
It was one of the longest revolutions and it is the revolution that granted freedom
to slave. It begun August 21th 1791 - January 1st 1804. France Haiti and the UK
took part. It took part in
Toussaint helped in the rebellion. Declaration of man and citizen started the
revolution, Vincent faught alongside this but failed and was killed.
Brutal slave laws, the whites made children with slaves, there was racial problems
and there was a division of class within the people. There was a period of
enlightenment, the renaissance period, where they were informed. The burnt the
plantations first.
Affranchise- maltose
Dutty boukman,
What was the Haitian revolution?
Put simply, the Haitian Revolution, a series of conflicts between 1791 and 1804,
was the overthrow of the French regime in Haiti by the Africans and their
descendants who had been enslaved by the French and the establishment of an
independent country founded and governed by former slaves. It was, however,
complex, involving several countries and groups.
Why did the Haitian revolution start?
The vast majority of the population of Haiti, then the extremely financially
successful French colony of Saint-Domingue, consisted of African slaves. The rest
consisted of white plantation owners, white artisans and shopkeepers, and
affranchis (free people of mixed or African descent), some of them wealthier than
some of the white artisans and shopkeepers. The causes of the Haitian Revolution
included the affranchis’ frustrated aspirations, the brutality of slave owners, and
inspiration from the French Revolution.
How is the Haitian revolution related to the French revolution?
Several different groups in Haiti were inspired by the Declaration of the Rights of
Man and of the Citizen to seek more freedom. In May 1791 Paris granted French
citizenship to landowners—which included some affranchis and excluded some
whites, leading to civil war. A general slave revolt in August started the revolution.
Its success pushed France to abolish slavery in 1794, and the Haitian Revolution
outlasted the French Revolution.
Who did the Haitian revolution involve?
These are some of the people involved in the Haitian Revolution: Vincent Ogé, an
affranchi, led an unsuccessful revolt in October 1790. The former slave Toussaint
Louverture became a leader of the slave revolt and made himself ruler. Napoleon
sent General Charles Leclerc to overthrow him and restore French rule, but
Haitians, led by Jean-Jacques Dessalines and Henry Christophe, prevailed over the
French, and Dessalines declared Haiti independent in 1804.
Why is the hr important?
The Haitian Revolution had many international repercussions. It ended
Napoleon’s attempts to create a French empire in the Western Hemisphere and
arguably caused France to decide to sell its North American holdings to the United
States (the Louisiana Purchase)—thus enabling the expansion of slavery into that
territory. However, it also frightened both France and Britain into abolishing the
seizing of Africans as slaves and led to the end of the transatlantic slave trade.
Why was Toussaint Louverture significant?
One of Toussaint Louverture’s lieutenants, Jean-Jacques Dessalines, after learning
that the French intended to reintroduce slavery, staged an uprising that led to
Haiti’s full independence on January 1, 1804, and he followed Toussaint
Louverture’s policies as ruler. Toussaint’s example inspired liberation movements
throughout Central and South America and abolitionists in North America.
Social stratification- ranking and dividing of groups of people into class.
Social mobility- movement of people from one place to another
Ascribed status- the social status of a person that is assigned at birth or assumed
involuntarily later in life.
Closed system-
Plantocracy- A ruling class, political order or government made up of plantation
owners
Mulatto- A person of African and European ancestry
Chattel slavery- persons were seen as property to trade or pay off dept. Personal
property that can be bought, traded or sold.
Caste system-
Creolization- Term specific to the Caribbean used to describe a fusion of culture
traditions.
