HIST 105 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Toussaint Louverture, Edward Shils, French West Indies
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Hist 105 - lecture #18 (march 2, 2016) Mixed-blood children: where are they coming from, white frenchmen were at saint domingue and had sex with the slaves. Declaraion of the rights of man and ciizen (1789) May 1971 ciizenship for free men of color. As we move from the center of society in which authority is exercised to the hinterland or the periphery, over which authority is exercised, atachment to the central value becomes atenuated edward shils. 1793 execuion of louis xvi and queen marie antoinete led to war between spain and france. Louverture briely controlled spanish and french regions of the island. 1793 execuion of louis xvi and queen marie antoinete led to war between britain and france. Briish navy blocked french ships in the caribbean. Free colored regiment fought beside rebel colonists in georgia: americans were ighing against briish during the revoluion. Awareness that slavery had been abolished in ma and other states.