Random Facts
Slavery
Rebellion
The Black Napoleon
Really Random
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This word means a large farm used for growing a single crop.
Plantation
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This is the act of buying and selling people into forced labor.
Slavery
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What did slaveholders fear after the French Revolution?
they would lose their slaves because of the Declaration of Equal Rights
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Why did Toussaint Louverture gain freedom?
he was so good at running the plantation
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Worst sickness that defeated the French
Yellow Fever
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Where Napoleon was banished (hint: it's an island)
The Island of Elba
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What country had slavery other than the West Indies or contributed to Slavery?
All of them
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In what year did slaves rebel in St Dominic against their slaveholders?
summer of 1791
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What gave Toussaint Louverture such an advantage compared to other freed slaves?
early freedom, education, military experience, and economic standing
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What did St Dominic become post revolution?
The country of Haiti
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The Name of the Document that started the French Revolution
Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen (Déclaration des droits de l'homme et du citoyen)
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What rights did Slaves have in St Dominic?
none
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What was the problem slaves had after they rebelled?
They were hungry- there was no wheat, just sugar and coffee- and you can't live off of that
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Who completely withrew from St Dominic by 1798?
the British
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What was a Saint celebrated this week that was a slave?
St Patrick
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A pattern of trade that linked the 13 colonies with Europe, Africa and West Indies.
Triangular Trade
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What was the ratio of owners/slaves
1 to 10 (50,000 white Frenchman to 500,000 slaves)
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France declared all slaves free on what month/year?
February 1794
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Who decided he wanted St Dominic enslaved again?
Napolean (1801 when Toussaint Louverture declared himself....something - Double Jeopardy if you can think of the title Toussaint made for himself )
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Which founding father wanted to ban slavery? (who was the loudest about it, anyway)
Benjamin Franklin
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The forced voyage of slaves called the "Middle Passage" was between what two countries
Africa and the West Indies
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What was the code that St Dominic needed to live by?
The Code Noir (The Black Code)
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Who was the black Napoleon?
Toussaint Louverture
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Toussaint Louverture quote: In _____me, you have done no more than cut down the ____of the tree of the black _____in St. Domingue—it will spring back from the _____, for they are ______and deep
overthrowing, trunk, liberty, roots, numerous
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What is the worst natural disaster that occurs in Haiti?
Earthquakes and hurricanes