L6 - Race & Resistance

Question 1

Resistance as…

Answer 1

a form of creation. the beginning of colonialism also meant the beginning of resistance

Question 2

(Gilroy 1993:63)

Answer 2

‘death as agency’

1/3 of ships witnessed suicide - death as an act of freedom

Question 3

plantation as paradigm…

Answer 3

for the way in which labour, nature, and exploitation is racialised

Question 4

Haiti facts

Answer 4

1/3 foreign trade, 30% sugar, 50% coffee, 90% slaves…

first modern country to abolish slavery (1805)

Question 5

Haitian constitution 1805

Answer 5

a.12 outlawing white ownership 1.14 creation of a black order - a symbol of equality, not identity

Question 6

(James 1980:176)

Answer 6

The african who was transported over to the west indies was an entirely new historical and social category. he was not an african, he was a west indian black who was a slave.’

Question 7

(James…)

Answer 7

‘These are my ancestors, these are my people. They are yours too, if you want them.