HIS101H5 Lecture Notes - Toussaint Louverture, Arawak, Cassava
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Island of hispaniola (present day dr/haiti: occupied by the taino (arawaks) 500 years ago, root crap- manioc. Made cassava bread: columbus may have landed here in 1490s, caribs may have been cannibals, columbus described the island as full of resources, fearful ppl, encomienda system. Spanish settlers were granted rights to the ppl"s labour- they would protect the. Taino, spanish could mine for gold on the island (taino had to labour/mine) Population 700 000, but in 25 yrs 29 000. Spanish tortured and killed taino when they arrived: sugarcane: impt for economy in saint-domingue (18th cent) Slavery of ppl who arrived from africa. Slaves had terrible lives: coffee: didn"t compete with sugar, but complimented the economy, mid 1700s- st. domingue was the leading producer of sugar and coffee, the haitian revolution. St. domingue- most profitable slave colony in the world (french colony) 8000 sugar plantations- half of the world"s sugar prod. Creole- slaves born in the americas , african descent.
