An age of emancipation?

Question 1

Where do the philosophical roots of feminism exists?

Answer 1

The enlightenment movement

Question 2

When was the height of the feminist movement in our period?

Answer 2

1890-1914

Question 3

What did emancipation originally mean?

Answer 3

Going from a servile to a free status in a legal sense

Question 4

Reason many people moved to Senegal

Answer 4

Was made free soil after 1848 so enslaved felt they should move there

Question 5

Dates of slavery abolition and reinstitution in France

Answer 5

Slavery was abolished in 1794 in the French republic but was reinstated in 1802. It was then abolished again in the second republic in 1848

Question 6

Year of slavery abolition in Britain?

Answer 6

1833

Question 7

What European movements changed slaves views?

Answer 7

Abolitionism, reformism. Anything emancipatory made them feel they should have freedom

Question 8

Number of slaves in Algeria in the 1840s officially

Answer 8

10,000

Question 9

Bugeaud’s calculation of repirations of abolition in Algeria

Answer 9

More than 2 and a half million Francs

Question 10

Number of slaves imported by Subtil to fulfil his project

Answer 10

5,000

Question 11

Amount spent on the French project in Algeria and the number of soldiers used to keep the peace in the area.

Answer 11

Over 341 million Francs
Took 100,000 to keep the peace and 74,000 had died since 1830

Question 12

Quote: Bodichon’s view on Arab’s

Answer 12

On one side was those who represented his gloss on 1789 and on the other was the frightful Arab

Question 13

Benefits gained by Senegal after 1848.

Answer 13

Gave them an elected representative in Paris as well as granting men over 25 the right to vote

Question 14

When did French slave exports peak?

Answer 14

Between 1818-1823

Question 15

What happened in Martinique after the population was freed?

Answer 15

Workers remained on their plantations

Question 16

Number of slaves that remained on their plantations after 1848 in martinique?

Answer 16

27,006 out of 40.429

Question 17

Perinnon’s system

Answer 17

A compromise between the freed and the planters. Would grow sugar but would been paid by the fruits of their labour not in money. Would work 9 hour days and have saturday off

Question 18

Issues with Perrinon’s system?

Answer 18

Most workers didn’t show up to complete their full hours. He imposed strict rules on those that wouldn’t comply with the system and banned certain activities.

Question 19

What progressive development took place in the Caribbean with the institution of the 3rd republic?

Answer 19

Full citizenship and representation was restored to the Caribbean

Question 20

Quote: the dynamics between planters and freed slaves in the colonies of the Caribbean

Answer 20

Colonial governors in the Caribbean aimed to maintain white planters’ dominance and prevented large scale acquisitions of property by freed slaves.

Question 21

What did the republicans of the second empire think of women’s citizenship and rights?

Answer 21

They were divided but a consensus tended to arise that women weren’t ready and many of their clubs were shut down, even though opinion was changing by 1851.

Question 22

What did republicans promise during the second empire and what does this show?

Answer 22

To reverse the Second Empire’s revocation of colonial representation in France’s legislature. Shows that progression wasn’t linear

Question 23

Why did many republicans dislike Napoleon 3rd

Answer 23

He was seen as the enemy of republicans and a despotic power, aiming to reverse many of the progressive policies that had been implemented. Reversed much of the emancipation such as removing 3 million people’s vote.

Question 24

Who were Subtil, Bodichon and Perinnon?

Answer 24

Subtil was the man who tried to import thousands of slaves into Algeria. Bodichon was the man who became increasingly racist drawing divisions between French and Arabs leading to scientific racism. Perinnon was the governor of Martinique who aimed to make the colony profitable whilst being an abolitionist.