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Haitian Revolution

Haitian Revolution. Two Stories. End of Slavery Pain of Haiti. 2010 Earthquake. Haiti in Context. Haiti v. Dominican Republic. GDP – 13.2 billion v. 100 billion Per capita – 1,300$ v. 9,300$ Unemployment – 41% v. 14.7% Poverty – 80% v. 34% Literacy – 53% v. 90%.

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Haitian Revolution

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  1. HaitianRevolution

  2. Two Stories End of Slavery Pain of Haiti

  3. 2010 Earthquake

  4. Haiti in Context Haiti v. Dominican Republic GDP –13.2 billion v. 100 billion Per capita – 1,300$ v. 9,300$ Unemployment – 41% v. 14.7% Poverty – 80% v. 34% Literacy – 53% v. 90%

  5. Haiti in Context How did Haiti become the first free island in the Caribbean but is now one of the poorest?

  6. Haiti in Context How is the history of Haiti also the history of Slavery?

  7. French Colonies

  8. Trade with Native Americans French Colonies

  9. Slavery and Plantations French Colonies

  10. French Slavery

  11. French Slavery 1660s - Focused on Caribbean Coffee and Sugar plantations

  12. French Slavery Three Tier System White Slavers – 32,000 Free Blacks – 28,000 Africans – 452,000

  13. French Slavery White Slavers Almost all men Wealthy lineages Want to establish their own country

  14. French Slavery Free Blacks Children of slave owners Educated and often Slave owners

  15. French Slavery African Slaves High rate of death means constant influx Create shared language (Creole) and religion (Voudou)

  16. Colonialism 1665-1789 France very dependent on wealth from Haiti White Haitians want independence Constant tension

  17. Colonialism 1665-1789 Upper class of France becoming very rich But government was bankrupted by wars with England

  18. 1789 Revolution

  19. 1789 Revolution

  20. 1791-1794 Revolution Freed black population & slaves band together to fight white slave holders

  21. 1794 Emancipation All slavery is banned throughout France and its colonies

  22. 1794 Emancipation All slavery is banned throughout France and its colonies

  23. 1794-1801 Free under France French in conflict with Spain and England Conflict spills onto Haiti

  24. 1801-1804 Freedom from France Napoleon is in power and focused on wars in Europe Former slaves push out all French forces

  25. 1801-1804 "For our declaration of independence, we should have the skin of a white man for parchment, his skull for an inkwell, his blood for ink, and a bayonet for a pen!"

  26. Moral Challenges • Slaughter of white men, women, children, and elderly shocks Americans and Europeans • Lack of sympathy for Haiti on world stage • Haitian constitution bans whites from owning property – insures no outside investment

  27. Economic Failure • Haiti is free, but French embargos cripple its economy • Almost 10% of young men pulled into the defense of the island – not enough people to work • Have to pay huge reparations to slave-holders to lift embargo (40$ Billion)

  28. Political Victory • France is first major world power to ban slavery (1794) • Denmark-Norway stop slave ships (1803) • Britain bans slave trade (1807), and eventually slavery (1833) • Spain abolishes slavery (1810)

  29. Political Victory • Common myth that Enlightenment, Revolution and Emancipation go together • Ignores the sacrifices of revolutionaries like those in Haiti

  30. Long Term Effects • Defeat hurts Napoleon’s dreams of French Empire • To finance wars he makes the Louisiana Purchase deal with America • America doubles in size

  31. Long Term Effects • White slave holders retreat to American South (Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama) • Southern states form coalition to continue slaving until Civil War (1865)

  32. Two Stories End of Slavery Pain of Haiti

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