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Haitian Social Structure
Society in Saint-Domingue
Haitian Social Groups
Social Group
Description
Les Grand B/ancs (The Big Whites)
Merchants and landowners
Held the most power
Les Petit Blancs (The Little Whites)
Plantation overseers and crafts people
Affranchis
Free people of color, people of mixed African and European heritage
Allowed to own land but not allowed to participate in the government or work in certain professions (doctors, lawyers)
Native Inhabitants, Maroons & Enslaved Africans
Plantation workers, there were about half a million of them
No rights or freedoms
A Affranchis
B Les Grand Blancs
C Enslaved Africans
Haitian Social Structure
Society in Saint-Domingue
Haitian Social Groups
Social Group | Description |
Les Grand B/ancs (The Big Whites)
|
Merchants and landowners
Held the most power
|
Les Petit Blancs (The Little Whites) | Plantation overseers and crafts people |
Affranchis |
Free people of color, people of mixed African and European heritage
Allowed to own land but not allowed to participate in the government or work in certain professions (doctors, lawyers)
|
Native Inhabitants, Maroons & Enslaved Africans |
Plantation workers, there were about half a million of them
No rights or freedoms
|
A Affranchis
B Les Grand Blancs
C Enslaved Africans
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