Saint Domingue Flashcards
When did slaves attack plantation buildings, murder white people and carry out numerous atrocities to start the slave revolts?
August 1791
How many people were killed in the Saint Dominique uprising?
More than 12 000
How many plantations were burned?
1000
What was the French reaction?
Muddled because the stated goals of the French revolution contradicted their stance on slavery
How did Saint Dominique go from French control to British control?
The french had controlled it and was their crown jewel, however the British landed in September 1793 to halt the rebellion and conquered the island for themselves
When the British landed in September 1793 on Saint Dominique, who did they come up against?
Toussaint L’Overture
Why was Saint Dominique so valued for the French, four facts?
It was twice the size of the largest British colony in the Caribbean, Jamaica, produced double the amount of sugar and other crops of all the other British Islands put together and produced 30% of the world’s sugar and half of the world’s coffee
What was found on slaves on the island?
The am I not a man and a brother plaque
