HIST 1400 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Haitian Revolution, Toussaint Louverture
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The haitian revolution (1791-1804) in the atlantic world. Haiti has close geographic proximity to many other (island) nations. Only slave revolt in the americas to achieve general emancipation and independence. 2nd independent nation in western hemisphere after u. s. Expand geography of age of revolution : radical expansion of citizenship. Enslaved people as political actors in modern world. Forced french revolution to realize its own ideals. Led to major reconfiguration of power in americas. Most profitable plantation colony (french) in new world the jewel of the antilles . Exported as much sugar as jamaica, cuba, and brazil combined. 90% of total population on eve of revolution. 500,000 slaves ( african-born, west-central africa {congo}) 28,000 free coloreds (mixed race, gained independence/freedom, not white, physical difference that marked them) The declaration of the rights of man and citizen. Planters are frustrated by the restrictions placed on them by france and french authorities.
