Haitian Revolution Flashcards
what are the historical circumstances that led to the haitian revolution
ispired by the french and american revolution
who’s on top
haitian social class structure
grads blancs: white people from frace
who’s in the middle
haitian social class structure
- slaves brought to freedom
- gens de colear: 1/2 french
whos at the bottom
haitian social class structure
slaves
what was the role of slavery in haiti
pre revolution
the econemy ran on slaves, because the econemy ran on resources that slaves worked to obtain
how was the haitian revolution influenced by the french revolution
france’s revolution was successful, and haiti thought they could do the same
why did it happen
slave revolt
slaves revolted because they wanted freedom from doing so much work and being mistreated
what did they do
slave revolt
the slaves burned down the plantations that they worked on
who was he
Toussaint Louverture
a former slave who was educated and smart
what did he do
Toussaint Louverture
he led the slaves to safty after the revolt and tried to propose the slaves to go back to their old lives w/ a better life and fair pay
how did he react to the slave revolt
Napolean
he sent an army to recontrol the slaves, but the slaves won
who led the slaves against napolean
Toussaint Louverture
what did france do in reaction to free haiti
they made haiti pay a debt of 100 million (20 billion today) for their slaves
how long was haiti paying off their debt
more than a century
what is haiti like today b/c of france
today haiti is poor and gang-filled
