Reconstructing Society in the Post Slavery Caribbean
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Essay from the year 2017 in the subject Earth Science / Geography - History of Geography, grade: College, State University of New York College of Environmental Science & Forestry, language: English, abstract: The French Revolution brought the Caribbean slaves equality, fraternity and the long-awaited freedom. Negros and mulattos of Haiti demanded that the slogan of "liberty, equality and fraternity" was applied to Haiti as well as to France. To defend their demand, they conducted for decades one of the most severe and most bloody wars in the history of Western half-globe. Haitian Revolution, b...
Essay from the year 2017 in the subject Earth Science / Geography - History of Geography, grade: College, State University of New York College of Environmental Science & Forestry, language: English, abstract: The French Revolution brought the Caribbean slaves equality, fraternity and the long-awaited freedom. Negros and mulattos of Haiti demanded that the slogan of "liberty, equality and fraternity" was applied to Haiti as well as to France. To defend their demand, they conducted for decades one of the most severe and most bloody wars in the history of Western half-globe. Haitian Revolution, being one of the most important episodes of struggle of liberatory fight of modern times, found a wide response worldwide. It has helped to undermine the foundations of slavery system. The victory of the revolution in Haiti dealt a serious blow to the colonial system and contributed to the rise of the liberation movement in Central and South America. Independent Haitian government provided military assistance to the fighters for independence in Latin America. For the termination of the slave trade Spain paid UK about 400 thousand pounds. Although in Cuba slavery was finally abolished only in 1886.
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