LTS 3000 Lecture Notes - Fall 2018 Lecture 5 - Léger-Félicité Sonthonax, Multiracial, Toussaint Louverture
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What were the successes of the haitian revolution and what were some of the failures of the haitian revolution. Black men became an animal & treated like an animal. Liberty, equality, humanity, something different for the world. Recruited about 3-4 thousand ppl, trained, and fought the french, Only place where slaves created a vision. Idea all ppl have rights: its inherent, declaration of rights of man. First ppl to talk to where slaves. Easy to ignore agony that made sugar capital possible. Slave coming from africa would not last 3 years. Relentless terror: rational mgt, 50 lashes admin in 5 mins, far more likely to make an impression, legs cut off, amputations for runaways, slaves hung & left to die, human life given little value. Mixed race: born free but not equal. Had to show physical respects for white: call them by the title, not easy for them, first to ask for equality, before the blacks.
