Haitian revolution Flashcards
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What was the main motivation of the Haitian independence movement?
he enslaved population’s fight for freedom from oppression and their desire for racial equality.
What was the social system used to classify people into different groups in this society?
First class: Grands Blancs: Wealthy white plantation owners and colonial elites.
Second Class: Petits Blancs: Poorer whites, including artisans and laborers.
Third Class: Gens de Couleur Libres: Free people of color, often of mixed African and European descent, some of whom were wealthy and owned slaves.
Fourth Class: Enslaved Africans: The majority, subjected to brutal labor on plantations.
What was another revolution that was a huge inspiration for the Haitian revolution and why
The French Revolution was a huge inspiration for the Haitian Revolution because it introduced ideas of liberty, equality, and fraternity that enslaved and free Black people in Haiti used to justify their own fight for freedom and rights.
What social ideas sparked ideas of revolution originally in Haiti
Enlightenment ideas about natural rights, liberty, equality, and popular sovereignty sparked revolutionary thinking in Haiti, especially as enslaved and free people of color questioned the injustice of slavery and colonial rule.
