HI127 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Latin American Wars Of Independence, French Revolution
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There was peace; wars give way to privateers; without any war, there were unemployed privateers. Creole (white elites that were born in latin american) There were the ideas floating of democracy. It appeared to the creole"s that spain would collapse, giving them opportunity. Led by the elite to get rid of the colonizers. They had no interest in the lower classes of society. His son, dom pedro, was made king. It"s important that the slave trade was illegal but slavery was legal. This is where piracy would come in. It had just become heart of the us, one of the newest cities (louisiana purchase) Haiti was a french colony, was a large sugar producer, french revolution, haitians. Revolt, slaves take over, first independent black state, many elite fled to cuba. This is why historians believe that he came from cuba to new orleans. 1810: lafitte went to barataria island with his brother. There they dealt in the slave trade.
