HIST 122 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Port-Au-Prince, French West Indies, French Revolution
11 Nov 2016
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Recap: defined slavery, how was transatlantic slavery different, middle passage - mass global migration (forced global migration, slavery and capitalism, slavery and race, resistance - slaves revolted. Manilla galleons: becomes a major sugar colony, slaves are then brought in, huge exporting of slaves. By 18th c almost 90% of the population were slaves. (haiti next to. Brazil in the amount of slaves that are there) Clash with petits blancs: slaves could buy their freedom, one day of rest, violence, raise in taxes, france"s war, institutionalized racism, france is talking about equality. They had heard of the revolution and construed it in their own image: the white slaves in france had risen, and killed their masters, and were now enjoying the fruits of the earth. It was gravely inaccurate in fact, but they had caught the spirit of the thing. All of the french caribbean: l"ouverture also a capable politician ensures independence of the colony.
