500‚000 slaves‚ 40‚000 whites‚ 30‚000 other o French sent some of the “other” (free blacks) to fight in the American Revolution and they returned with radical ideas – led to civil war in Haiti o August of 1791 a slave revolt erupted – led by Toussaint Louverture o 1801 Haiti Constitution o 1803 Independence official declared o 1804 First to abolish slavery in the Americas • Latin American o Colonies were very racially diverse with slaves and free people of various colors o 1807 Napoleon took Spain
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Spanish Florida at the 31st parallel. The treaty also guaranteed US navigation rights on the Mississippi River. 4. Toussaint L’Ouventure-When Napolean chose to sell the Louisiana Territory because he did not have a strong naval base in the West Indies. France had lost control of the colony after its African slaves had revolted in 1791 under the leadership of Toussaint-Louverture who was a military strategist‚ former slave‚ and grandson of an African chief. 5. Battle of Tippecanoe-General William
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THE UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES Undergraduate Coursework Accountability Statement (To be completed by student) ACADEMIC YEAR: ___2013/2014__ SEMESTER: _____Summer___________ COURSE CODE: __FOUN1101__ TITLE: ___Caribbean Civilization_________ NAME: ___Junior Robinson_____ ID: ___312100238_________ 1 I hereby certify that I am the author of the attached item of coursework and that all materials from reference sources have been properly acknowledged. 2 I understand what plagiarism
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Successive waves of Arawak migrants‚ moving northward from the Orinoco delta in South America‚ settled the islands of the Caribbean. Around AD 600‚ the Taíno Indians‚ an Arawak culture‚ arrived on the island‚ displacing the previous inhabitants. They were organized into cacicazgos (chiefdoms)‚ each led by a cacique (chief). The final Arawak migrants‚ the Caribs‚ began moving up the Lesser Antilles in the 12th century‚ and were raiding Taíno villages on the island’s eastern coast by the late sixteenth
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The Trans-Atlantic slave trade which began in the early 16th century‚ gained ground in the following three centuries and was eventually abolished in the 1800s. By the late 18th century‚ the British population began to find the slave trade both morally and financially disagreeable. The four main factors which contributed to the abolition of the slave trade were the campaigns of the white middle class‚ the mass support from the white working class‚ the protestations by the black slaves and the economic
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have changed global history and will continue to change global history. Beliefs and achievements have proven to have both positive and negative effecs on societies. Toussant Louverture and King Hammurabi are two very important men in history who illuminate how beliefs and achievements change history for good. Toussant Louverture‚ although born a slave‚ rose to become a liberator and leader of Haiti. He accomplished this by taking advantage of wars between the powerful countries that occupied his homeland
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Haiti is located in the Caribbean Sea and occupies the western third of the Island of Hispaniola. It is bound by the Dominican Republic to the east‚ the Atlantic Ocean to the north and the Caribbean Sea to the south. The country is a continuous highland situated between five mountain ranges which cover 75% of the land area. It is the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere‚ 80% of the population lives in abject poverty‚ and natural disasters frequently sweep the nation. Two-thirds of all Haitians
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Domingue‚ with an army under General Maitland. 1794: British took over St. Domingue southern providence. 1794-1798: Toussaint deserted Spanish army in Santo Domingo. Toussaint joined with Sonthonax’s forces. Toussaint had risen to be commander of the united French revolutionary and black army.(1797) Sonthonax and his soldiers leave St. Domingue. (1798) Toussaint army completed the defeat of the British Army (along with the help of United States‚ who gave supplies.). General Maitland
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government” . To begin‚ Napoleon Bonaparte‚ the ruler of France freed the slaves under the “Declaration of the Rights of Man” giving Saint Domingue free people of color and slaves the hope they needed. The rebellion started in 1791 when a former slave Toussaint L’Overture led 500‚000 enslaved man and woman into battle against the French
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slavery‚ neither had the Spaniards… All parties are confused on ignorant Negros by playing on their fears and accusing every other party – the French and Toussaint himself‚ wishing to restore slavery. (James‚ C.L.R. p.151) 2. Argument: In The Black Jacobins‚ C.L.R. James‚ does research in Paris on the Haitian Revolution‚ which was from 1791-1803. Toussaint L’Ouvertureand led the Haitian Revolution. The Haitian Revolution was against colonialism and slavery‚ which was a successful against the French colonial
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